Type 2 and interferon inflammation regulate SARS-CoV-2 entry factor expression in the airway epithelium

ACE2 and TMPRSS2 have received recent attention as entry factors for SARS-CoV-2. Here the authors analyze nasal airway transcriptome data from 695 children determining ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression is induced by viral and type2 inflammation, respectively, and both exhibit eQTLs that vary across world...

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Main Authors: Satria P. Sajuthi, Peter DeFord, Yingchun Li, Nathan D. Jackson, Michael T. Montgomery, Jamie L. Everman, Cydney L. Rios, Elmar Pruesse, James D. Nolin, Elizabeth G. Plender, Michael E. Wechsler, Angel C. Y. Mak, Celeste Eng, Sandra Salazar, Vivian Medina, Eric M. Wohlford, Scott Huntsman, Deborah A. Nickerson, Soren Germer, Michael C. Zody, Gonçalo Abecasis, Hyun Min Kang, Kenneth M. Rice, Rajesh Kumar, Sam Oh, Jose Rodriguez-Santana, Esteban G. Burchard, Max A. Seibold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18781-2