Human pluripotent stem cell-derived functional sympathetic neurons express ACE2 and RAAS components: a framework for studying the effect of COVID-19 on sympathetic responsiveness

Affiliations

• ¹ Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, 325 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
• ² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
• ³ Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
• ⁴ School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
• ⁵ Regenerative Bioscience Center, Rhodes Center for Animal Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Genetics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
• ⁷ Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, 325 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA. nadja.zeltner@uga.edu.
• ⁸ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. nadja.zeltner@uga.edu.
• ⁹ Department of Cellular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. nadja.zeltner@uga.edu.