SARS-CoV-2 Infects Human Pancreatic β-Cells and Elicits β-Cell Impairment

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Researchers found that the SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE2 and related entry factors were expressed in β-cells, with selectively high expression of NRP1.
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Wu, C.-T., Lidsky, P. V., Xiao, Y., Lee, I. T., Cheng, R., Nakayama, T., Jiang, S., Demeter, J., Bevacqua, R. J., Chang, C. A., Whitener, R. L., Stalder, A. K., Zhu, B., Chen, H., Goltsev, Y., Tzankov, A., Nayak, J. V., Nolan, G. P., Matter, M. S., … Jackson, P. K. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β-cells and elicits β-cell impairment. Cell Metabolism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.013 Cite
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