Relative Abundance of SARS-CoV-2 Entry Genes in the Enterocytes of the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract.
Genes (Basel)
; 11(6)2020 06 11.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-602760
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ABSTRACT
There is increasing evidence of gastrointestinal (GI) infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We surveyed the co-expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes ACE2 and TMPRSS2 throughout the GI tract to assess potential sites of infection. Publicly available and in-house single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets from the GI tract were queried. Enterocytes from the small intestine and colonocytes showed the highest proportions of cells co-expressing ACE2 and TMPRSS2. Therefore, the lower GI tract represents the most likely site of SARS-CoV-2 entry leading to GI infection.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Serine Endopeptidases
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Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
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Enterocytes
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Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Genes11060645
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