id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-295051-upyar7en Ahmadian, Elham Covid‐19 and kidney injury: Pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms 2020-10-06 .txt text/plain 4859 321 45 The SARS‐CoV‐2‐induced kidney damage is expected to be multifactorial; directly it can infect the kidney podocytes and proximal tubular cells and based on an angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) pathway it can lead to acute tubular necrosis, protein leakage in Bowman's capsule, collapsing glomerulopathy and mitochondrial impairment. 6, 7 The initial impact might be the direct role of the virus on the renal parenchyma mediated by activating the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which functions as a SARS-CoV-2 receptor. 22 Altogether, these reports clarify that kidney cells are targeted by SARS-CoV-2 and new strategies are needed to treat Covid-19 to prevent organ infection and dysfunction. Human kidney is a target for novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Coronavirus disease 19 infection does not result in acute kidney injury: an analysis of 116 hospitalized patients from Wuhan, China Acute kidney injury in SARS-CoV-2 infection: direct effect of virus on kidney proximal tubule cells ./cache/cord-295051-upyar7en.txt ./txt/cord-295051-upyar7en.txt