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COVID-19 / Are gonadal cells expressing ACE2 susceptible to coronavirus infection?
« on: 17/04/2020 17:29:11 »
Several tissues/cells in the body express genes for the ACE2 enzyme, including some that seem unlikely targets for a respiratory virus, such as testicular Leydig/Sertoli cells and ovarian tissue. Do cells that express the enzyme likely to have the surface ACE2 receptor for SARS-CoV-2? Is there a theoretical possibility that such cells could be susceptible to viral infection?