Suppression of angiotensin converting enzyme 2, a host receptor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, using 5-aminolevulinic acid in vitro

• Eriko Nara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

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• Hung Wei Lai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sogura@bio.titech.ac.jp (SIO); laihw@kochi-u.ac.jp (HWL)

  Affiliation School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-5516

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• Hideo Imazato,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SBI Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masahiro Ishizuka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SBI Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Motowo Nakajima,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SBI Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shun-Ichiro Ogura

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sogura@bio.titech.ac.jp (SIO); laihw@kochi-u.ac.jp (HWL)

  Affiliation School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-8882

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