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cord-325958-1v1pg2z0	Lange, Clemens	Expression of the COVID‐19 receptor ACE2 in the human conjunctiva	2020-05-06		.txt	text/plain	2672	149	45	In this study, a total of 38 conjunctival samples from 38 patients, including 12 healthy conjunctiva, 12 melanoma, 7 squamous cell carcinoma and 7 papilloma samples, were analyzed using high‐throughput RNA sequencing to assess mRNA expression of the SARS‐CoV‐2 receptor ACE2 and its cofactors including TMPRSS2, ANPEP, DPP4, and ENPEP. Since the outbreak, many studies described ACE2 expression across human tissues, including lung, stomach, ileum, colon, liver and kidney 8, 9 , supporting the clinical observation that SARS-CoV-2 can infect multiple organs. To obtain information on transcription of ACE2 and associated molecules required for cell entry by SARS-CoV-2, existing datasets of 38 conjunctival samples from 38 patients were included in this study. This study shows that ACE2, which is the main receptor for SARS-CoV-2 6 , is not significantly expressed in healthy and diseased human conjunctival samples.	./cache/cord-325958-1v1pg2z0.txt	./txt/cord-325958-1v1pg2z0.txt