Single‐cell RNA sequencing analysis of human kidney reveals the presence of ACE2 receptor: A potential pathway of COVID‐19 infection

Abstract

Our study provided the cellular evidence that SARS-Cov-2 invaded human kidney tissue via proximal convoluted tubule, proximal tubule, proximal straight tubule cells, and glomerular parietal cells by means of ACE2-related pathway and used their cellular protease TMPRSS2 for priming.