Profiling of proteases involved in SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in human saliva: Influence of age and gender
The differential activity of both MMP-2 and DPP-4 highlights their potential as risk factors for susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity in males and older groups.
Authors
- Dina Nadeem Abd‐Elshafy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-2487)
- Rola Nadeem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-2270)
- Mahmoud Mohamed Bahgat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-8722)
- Michael Kirschfink
- S SHALABY (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-7386)
- Azza El Amir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-6899)
- Mahmoud Abdel‐Latif
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- National Research Centre (EG)
- National Water Research Center (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgeb.2025.100509
- Primary Topic
- Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Centre
- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology