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SUBMITTER: Habeichi NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10924798 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Habeichi Nada J NJ Amin Ghadir G Lakkis Bachir B Kataya Rayane R Mericskay Mathias M Booz George W GW Zouein Fouad A FA
Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) 20240101 1
Kidney damage in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can occur even in patients with no underlying kidney disease. Signs of kidney problems can progress to a state that demands dialysis and hampering recovery. Although not without controversy, emerging evidence implicates direct infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in the kidney. At the early stage of the pandemic, consideration was mainly on the well-recognized angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor as being the site for ...[more]