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Medical personnel take a sample from a person’s nose at a coronavirus test station. Image: dpa / Ted S. Warren
Coronavirus probably enters the body primarily through the nose
We know that the coronavirus is spread mainly through the infection by drops and enters the body through certain proteins. The researchers now wanted to know which cells contain these proteins and where they are found.
Special cells in the nose are according to a study
The most likely entry points for the new corona virus.
Several research teams had cells from the lungs, nose, eyes, intestines,
The heart, kidneys, and liver are examined as the Max Delbrück Center for
Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin reported Thursday.
You
wanted to know which cells are the two most important
The ACE2 and TMPRSS2 input proteins contain the virus to
Infection. “So we show that of all the cells
goblet cells producing mucus and cilia in the nose
have the highest concentrations of these two proteins, “he explained
Lead author Waradon Sungnak of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. “Yes
these cells become the most likely primary route of infection for the virus. ”
Other possible routes of infection.
The two most important input proteins are also in
To find corneal cells of the eye and in the intestinal mucosa.
the Max Delbrück Center continued to report. That points to one
another possible route of infection through the eye or
Lacrimal glands.
So there is also potential for one
Transmission by faeces and oral ingestion., writes
rather cautious of the MDC. Research teams have their result in
Publication of the technical journal “Nature Medicine”.
Several institutes participated in the study, including some
Wellcome Sanger Institute, University Hospital Groningen and
the University of Cote d’Azur and the lung Atlas of human cells
Biological Network.
According to him, up to 20 percent of crown patients suffer
MDC message damage to heart muscle up to heart failure. Too
There the docking station for the corona virus was found. Unclear
However, it is still whether the virus itself causes damage to the heart.
or if it is a side effect.
(pcl / dpa)
