[ConservativeMind]

Two references:

“Asian” issue:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.26.919985v1.full

“Smoker” issue:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339049390_Tobacco-Use_Disparity_in_Gene_Expression_of_ACE2_the_Receptor_of_2019-nCov

The guy is/was an Asian former smoker who had the ACE 2 issues...

[LilFarmer]

8 samples

[steve86]

No significant disparities in ACE2 gene expression were found between racial groups (Asian vs Caucasian), age groups (>60 vs <60) or gender groups (male vs female). However, we observed significantly higher ACE2 gene expression in smoker samples compared to non-smoker samples.

Surprising? Smoking the real culprit, not Asian race? Or do I have the ACE2 gene expression confused with something else?

No, I don't think I'm confused...

"Our structural analyses confidently predict that the Wuhan coronavirus uses ACE2 as its host receptor" ✓