Specific ACE2 Expression in Cholangiocytes May Cause Liver Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection

Chai, Xiaoqiang; Hu, Longfei; Zhang, Yan; Han, Weiyu; Zhou, Lu; Ke, Ai‐Wu; Zhou, Jian; Shi, Guo‐Ming; Fang, Nan; Fan, Jia; Fan, Jia; Cai, Jiabin; Fan, Jue; Fan, Jue; Lan, Fei

doi:10.1101/2020.02.03.931766

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Specific ACE2 Expression in Cholangiocytes May Cause Liver Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection

Published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) • Feb 4, 2020

Authors:

Xiaoqiang Chai

Longfei Hu

Yan Zhang

Abstract

Abstract A newly identified coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has been posing significant threats to public health since December 2019. ACE2, the host cell receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS), has recently been demonstrated in mediating 2019-nCoV infection. Interestingly, besides...

Subject

Cholangiocyte

Hepatocyte

Coronavirus

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