2019:

En-Chin Lin1, Yi-Chun Chiang1, Hsuan-Yu Lin1

  • 1School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.

Biomedicines
|October 28, 2023
PubMed
概括

牙周健康不佳可能会增加COVID-19感染风险,因为口腔组织表达ACE2受体. 虽然正在调查直接联系,但像IL-17这样的共享炎症途径表明了潜在的联系.

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