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COVID-19 in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps. Are they at risk?

1 July 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19 | ACE2, SARS-CoV-2, TMPRSS2, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, inflammatory endotype

COVID-19 entry factors are highly present in nasal epithelial cells. These factors include ACE2 and TMPRSS2. Their presence in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) was not investigated before. Authors investigated expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in two...