PathologybioRxivPreprint
Human Taste Cells Express ACE2: A Portal for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
M. Doyle, A. Appleton, Q.-R. Liu…·J. M. Egan
This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 replicates in taste Type II cells expressing ACE2, leading to disrupted stem cell turnover in taste papillae of infected patients.
DOI 10.1101/2021.04.21.440680