ACE2 and COVID-19: An anthropological perspective

Infection caused by Novel Coronavirus has been declared a pandemic and is spreading across 213 countries and territories around the world with severe implications. The present paper tries to review the relationship of SARS-Cov-2 infection with ACE2 expression, gene polymorphism and cardiovascular malfunctions, hypertension and type-2 diabetes. The paper highlights the fact that since ACE2 gene polymorphisms tend to be population specific,...