Term Human Placental Trophoblasts Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Factors ACE2, TMPRSS2, and Furin
oleh: Yingshi Ouyang, Tarique Bagalkot, Wendy Fitzgerald, Elena Sadovsky, Tianjiao Chu, Ana Martínez-Marchal, Miguel Brieño-Enríquez, Emily J. Su, Leonid Margolis, Alexander Sorkin, Yoel Sadovsky
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | American Society for Microbiology 2021-04-01 |
Deskripsi
Pregnant women worldwide have been affected by COVID-19. As the virus is commonly spread to various organs via the bloodstream and because human placental trophoblasts are directly bathed in maternal blood, feto-placental infection by SARS-CoV-2 seems likely.