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Specific ACE2 Expression in Cholangiocytes May Cause Liver Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection
Xiaoqiang Chai, Longfei Hu, Yan Zhang…·Fei Lan
In healthy human liver scRNA-seq, ACE2 is detected in 59.7% of cholangiocytes but 2.6% of hepatocytes, so 2019-nCoV may target bile duct cells rather than hepatocytes.