X chromosome and estrogen protect females from lethal infection [21, 23]; besides, numerous studies indicted ACE2, which used by SARS-CoV-2 to enter into the host cells [24, 25], generally has a higher expression in males than in females; moreover, females and males vary in their susceptibility and response to viral infections, the number and activity of innate immune cells, and immune responses are higher in females than in males [26]. This evidence concerns the gene ACE2 and infection.