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Call for Papers for Special Issue ‘Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and the Liver’
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June 3, 2020
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now a global pandemic, but a huge knowledge gap remains about the effects of this novel virus on the human body. Because angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the reported receptor for SARS-CoV-2, is highly expressed in almost the entire gastrointestinal tract, a significant portion of patients develop elevated liver enzyme levels and gastrointestinal symptoms, but the underlying pathophysiology is obscure.
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