ACE2 Expression in Kidney and Testis May Cause Kidney and Testis Infection in COVID-19 Patients

In December 2019, a new type of pneumonia caused by SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) occurred in Wuhan and has been discovered in many countries around the world. ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) has been shown to be one of the major receptors that mediate the entry of SARS-Cov-2 into human cells. Here i...

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Main Authors: Caibin Fan, Wei Lu, Kai Li, Yanhong Ding, Jianqing Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.563893/full