Dodging COVID-19 infection: low expression and localization of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in multiple donor-derived lines of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Abstract Background Mesenchymal stem cells derived from human umbilical cord (hUC-MSCs) have immunomodulatory properties that are of interest to treat novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Leng et al. recently reported that hUC-MSCs derived from one donor negatively expressed Angiotensin-Conver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-02813-6 |