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12.01.2021 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor
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Prevalence of dry mouth in COVID-19 patients with and without Sicca syndrome in a large hospital center
verfasst von:
Joseph Katz
Erschienen in:
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
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Ausgabe 4/2021
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Excerpt
The ACE-2 receptor is abundantly expressed on the epithelial cells of the salivary glands, and when infected by SARS-CoV2, these receptors are over expressed [
1]. It is speculated that signaling of the ACE-2 receptor by the virus triggers a cascade of inflammatory processes, ending in acute and chronic sialoadenitis and causing disruption in salivary secretion and dry mouth [
2,
3]. …