Does SARS-CoV-2 Infect the Kidney?

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Dec;31(12):2746-2748. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020081229. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Authors

Shaza Khan^{1

2}, Lihe Chen^{1

2}, Chin-Rang Yang^{1

2}, Viswanathan Raghuram^{1

2}, Syed J Khundmiri^{1

2}, Mark A Knepper³

Affiliations

¹ Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC.
³ Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland knepperm@nhlbi.nih.gov.

No abstract available

Keywords: ACE2; AKI; COVID-19; podocyte; proximal tubule.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
Humans
Renal Insufficiency / diagnosis
Renal Insufficiency / epidemiology
Renal Insufficiency / virology*
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*

Grants and funding

ZIA HL006253/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States