SARS-CoV-2 receptor and entry genes are expressed by sustentacular cells in the human olfactory neuroepithelium
Leon Fodoulian, Joël Tuberosa, Daniel Rossier, Madlaina Boillat, Chenda Kan, Véronique Pauli, Kristof Levente Egervari, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Basile Nicolas Landis, Alan Carleton, Iván Rodríguez
The paper identifies sustentacular cells in the human olfactory neuroepithelium as expressing ACE2 and TMPRSS2, suggesting they may serve as entry points for SARS-CoV-2.
iScience · Nov 24, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience