TMPRSS2 and TMPRSS4 promote SARS-CoV-2 infection of human small intestinal enterocytes

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus infects cultured ACE2-expressing human enterocytes aided by the TMPRSS2 and TMPRSS4 serine proteases.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 19, 2020
Source ID
10.1126/sciimmunol.abc3582

Entities

People

  • Broc T McCune
  • Harry B. Greenberg
  • Kevin Brulois
  • María Florencia Gómez Castro
  • Matthew A. Ciorba
  • Michael S. Diamond
  • Naomi Sonnek
  • Paul W Rothlauf
  • Qiru Zeng
  • Ruochen Zang
  • Sean P J Whelan
  • Siyuan Ding
  • Xin Wang
  • Zhuoming Liu

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Harvard Medical School
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Stanford University
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System
  • Washington University School of Medicine
  • Washington University in St. Louis

Tags

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry