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Multiple expression assessments of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 SARS-CoV-2 entry molecules in the urinary tract and their associations with clinical manifestations of COVID-19
2020-05-08
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<h4>Background</h4> Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first spread quickly in Wuhan, China, then globally. From previously published evidence, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, are both pivotal entry molecules that enable cellular infection by SARS-CoV-2. Meanwhile, increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, or a “cytokine storm,” is associated with...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e19dede9-c159-5731-97fb-478f20949711
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.05.08.083618
