GenomicsThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewed
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SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are predominantly expressed in a transient secretory cell type in subsegmental bronchial branches
Soeren Lukassen, Robert Lorenz Chua, Timo B. Trefzer…·Roland Eils
Single-cell profiling of lung and bronchial cells places ACE2 mainly in a transient secretory cell state of cultured bronchial epithelium, between goblet and ciliated cells, co-expressing TMPRSS2.