Article
Single cell RNA sequencing of 13 human tissues identify cell types and receptors of human coronaviruses
2020-02-21
Abstract excerpt
The new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak from December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, has been declared a global public health emergency. Angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is the host receptor by 2019-nCov to infect human cells. Although ACE2 is reported to be expressed in lung, liver, stomach, ileum, kidney and colon, its expressing levels are rather low, especially in the lung. 2019-nCoV may use co-recepto...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ceee2c5e-c68e-5e01-a292-bbc7bdc25c54
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.02.16.951913
