PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sho Mokuda
AU  - Tadahiro Tokunaga
AU  - Junya Masumoto
AU  - Eiji Sugiyama
TI  - Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2, a SARS-CoV-2 receptor, Is Upregulated by Interleukin 6 through STAT3 Signaling in Synovial Tissues
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.200547
DP  - 2020 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.200547
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/07/27/jrheum.200547.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/07/27/jrheum.200547.full
AB  - The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread explosively worldwide and resulted in a pandemic of a new respiratory disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020. Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, malaise, cough, and in severe cases, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome1,2.