ACE2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The ACE2 A1075G allele found in China was associated with hypertension and the ACE2 G8790A allele is associated with susceptibility to hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and increased plasma concentration of sACE2 (Niu et al., 2007; Wu et al., 2017; Pinheiro et al., 2019).