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Organs targeted by ACE-2-utilizing viruses like COVID-19

Doctor shows icons of internal human organs on a blue background.

This infographic from Scientist illustrating the many organs that the virus can gain entry to using ACE2 or TMRPSS2 receptors (definitive evidence for viral presence in the various organs is still being established, but the presence of the receptors provides a road map for investigation). Certainly this influences the wide variety of COVID presentations we are seeing and hearing reported. I would also point out that the virus’s furin cleavage complex (I just blogged on this) significantly ups the virus’s ability as well.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/receptors-for-sars-cov-2-present-in-wide-variety-of-human-cells-67496

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