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ACE2 expression by colonic epithelial cells is associated with viral infection, immunity and energy metabolism
2020-02-07
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Respiratory disease caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and spread rapidly to other provinces and other countries. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the receptor for SARS-CoV and has been suggested to be also the receptor for 2019-nCoV. Paradoxically, ACE2 expression in the lung protects mice from SARS...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 231fb7a8-5177-54e1-a997-39809be63f80
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.02.05.20020545
