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Human Taste Cells Express ACE2: a Portal for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Loss and changes in taste and smell are well-reported symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The virus targets cells for entry by high affinity binding of its spike protein to cell-surface angiotensin-converting enzyme- 2 (ACE2). It was not known whether ACE2 is expressed on taste receptor cells (TRCs) n...

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Autores principales: Doyle, Máire E, Appleton, Ashley, Liu, Qing-Rong, Yao, Qin, Mazucanti, Caio Henrique, Egan, Josephine M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33907747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.21.440680