S. no. | Major genes | Complications |
---|---|---|
1 | ACE-2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) | IT affects CNS and infects certain brain areas entering the olfactory bulb and thereby leading to loss of olfaction (Yin et al. 2020; RodrÃguez-Puertas 2020) |
2 | IL-2, IL-7, and IL-10 (interleukins) | Autoimmune and immunostimulatory effects (RodrÃguez-Puertas 2020). Negative regulation of transforming growth factor-β (Rousset et al. 2020) |
3 | TNF (tumor necrosis factor) | Depletion of T lymphocytes (Pellegrini et al. 2011) |
4 | VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) | Exacerbating edema and the outbreak of immune cells (Diao et al. 2019b) |