400
Participants
Start Date
June 8, 2020
Primary Completion Date
February 21, 2023
Study Completion Date
February 21, 2023
Expression of receptors and activating proteases
Level of expression of the mRNA of the genes encoding ACE2, TMPRSS2, TMPRSS4 and AR along with reference genes (beta-actin and EPCAM) in nasopharyngeal swabs taken from patients tested for COVID-19
Polymorphism of the HSD3B1
Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks will be amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based experiments followed by direct sequencing (Sanger sequencing)
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona
Clinica Luganese Moncucco, Lugano
Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)
UNKNOWN
Istituto Cantonale di Patologia
OTHER
Ricardo Pereira Mestre
OTHER