Detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in thyroid follicular cells from a COVID-19 autopsy series
Objective: To understand whether thyroid cells can be directly infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and to establish a putative correlation with the expression of the host entry machinery: ACE-2, TMPRSS2, and furin. Methods: We assessed the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus at the gene level by RT-PCR, vir...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bioscientifica
2023-01-01
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| Series: | European Thyroid Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://etj.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/etj/11/4/ETJ-22-0074.xml |