NIHgov study may help explain why COVID19 virus has rarely been found in fetuses or newborns of mothers infected with the virus. Read more about the study here:
These placental tissues also lack mRNA needed to make an enzyme, called TMPRSS2, that SARS-CoV-2 uses to enter a cell. Both the receptor and enzyme are present in only miniscule amounts in the placenta, suggesting a possible explanation for why SARS-CoV-2 has only rarely been found in fetuses or newborns of women infected with the virus, according to the study authors.Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , found that the placenta contains molecules that previous studies have suggested as potential routes for SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the CD147 receptor and the enzymes cathepsin L and Furin. They also detected in placental and membrane tissue a type of macrophage that has the ACE2 receptor.
Finally, the researchers found that the placenta contains large amounts of receptors used for infection by
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