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An Investigation of the Expression of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Cell Receptor Gene ACE2 in a Wide Variety of Human Tissues
2020-03-02
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has affected more than 72,000 people worldwide and caused more than 1,800 deaths so far. 2019-nCoV uses the angiotensinconverting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the cell receptor to invade the human host and primarily causes pneumonia. Thus, ACE2 is the key to understanding the mechanism of 2019-nCoV infection. <bold>Methods:</bold> We...
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- d4d3d60a-8665-5c37-ae16-37800bd63a14
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- 10.21203/rs.2.24751/v2
