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SUBMITTER: Valyaeva AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576138 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Valyaeva Anna A AA Zharikova Anastasia A AA Kasianov Artem S AS Vassetzky Yegor S YS Sheval Eugene V EV
Scientific reports 20201020 1
SARS-CoV-2 can infiltrate the lower respiratory tract, resulting in severe respiratory failure and a high death rate. Normally, the airway and alveolar epithelium can be rapidly reconstituted by multipotent stem cells after episodes of infection. Here, we analyzed published RNA-seq datasets and demonstrated that cells of four different lung epithelial stem cell types express SARS-CoV-2 entry factors, including Ace2. Thus, stem cells can be potentially infected by SARS-CoV-2, which may lead to de ...[more]