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A decoy mutant ACE2 designed to reduce COVID-19

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2022.02.010
Abstract

The need for new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) therapeutic strategies continues, especially as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants emerge. Zhang and colleagues elegantly engineered a mutant angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) that competitively binds SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, reduces viral uptake by human lung cells, and ameliorates SARS-CoV-2-induced lung injury in mice expressing human ACE2.

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