ACE2-TMPRSS2 profiling indicates tissue vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection

ACE2-TMPRSS2 profiling indicates tissue vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection

ACE2-TMPRSS2 profiling indicates tissue vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study published in April 2020 on the preprint server bioRxiv reports that the different levels of susceptibility of various organs to viral attack by the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the huge pandemic of COVID-19 sweeping around the world can be predicted from the level of expression of two molecules, the ACE2 receptor, and the TMPRSS2 protein.