TMPRSS2 and Hypertension: Elevated expression levels of TMPRSS2 were also described in human pancreatic islets of obese donors compared with non-obese donors and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of hypertension patients (Saheb Sharif-Askari et al, 2020; Taneera et al, 2020; Fließer et al, 2021).