Lack of evidence of ACE2 expression and replicative infection by SARS-CoV-2 in human endothelial cells
I. McCracken, G. Saginc, L. He, A. Huseynov, A. Daniels, S. Fletcher, C. Peghaire, V. Kalna, M. A. Mae, L. Muhl, N. M. Craig, S. J. Griffiths, J. G. Haas, C. T. Burkard, U. Lendahl, , A. M. Randi
The paper investigates ACE2 expression and SARS-CoV-2 infection in human endothelial cells, finding low or absent ACE2 expression and no viral replication.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2020Pathology