Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target (IMAGE)

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Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target

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Coronavirus (knights on horseback) can only enter and attack the cell when the viral receptor ACE2 is present (depicted as a castle with open drawbridge). We identified Dyrk1a a host protein that turns on expression of ACE2, allowing infection.

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Patrick Lane, Sceyence Studios (CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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