TY - JOUR T1 - Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2, a SARS-CoV-2 receptor, Is Upregulated by Interleukin 6 through STAT3 Signaling in Synovial Tissues JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.200547 SP - jrheum.200547 AU - Sho Mokuda AU - Tadahiro Tokunaga AU - Junya Masumoto AU - Eiji Sugiyama Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/07/27/jrheum.200547.abstract N2 - 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. ER -