2021年8月19日
Oral Mucosa Could Be an Infectious Target of SARS-CoV-2.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
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- 記述言語
- 英語
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.3390/healthcare9081068
The World Health Organization reported that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission is caused by respiratory droplets and aerosols from the oral cavity of infected patients. The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is considered the host functional protein for SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this article, we first revealed that the positive proportion of ACE2 expression in gingival cells collected from the gingival sulcus was increased to the same level as the tongue. Our data demonstrate that cells in the gingival sulcus may be a new entry point for the SARS-CoV-2 virus via a high expression of ACE2. In addition, we first evaluated the expression of ACE2 in various sites of the oral cavity with noninvasive, convenient liquid-based cytology. The liquid-based cytology evaluation of oral tissue may provide a novel preventive medical avenue against COVID-19.
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- DOI : 10.3390/healthcare9081068
- PubMed ID : 34442205
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8393540