Term Human Placental Trophoblasts Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Factors ACE2, TMPRSS2, and Furin

Term Human Placental Trophoblasts Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Factors ACE2, TMPRSS2, and Furin

Pregnant women worldwide have been affected by COVID-19. As the virus is commonly spread to various organs via the bloodstream and because human placental trophoblasts are directly bathed in maternal blood, feto-placental infection by SARS-CoV-2 seems likely.

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Main Authors: Yingshi Ouyang, Tarique Bagalkot, Wendy Fitzgerald, Elena Sadovsky, Tianjiao Chu, Ana Martínez-Marchal, Miguel Brieño-Enríquez, Emily J. Su, Leonid Margolis, Alexander Sorkin, Yoel Sadovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-04-01
Series:mSphere
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00250-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00250-21

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