Irisin Could Have a Therapeutic Effect on COVID-19 (IMAGE)

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Irisin Could Have a Therapeutic Effect on COVID-19

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Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the virus binds in order to invade human cells.

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Miriane de Oliveira

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