Kidney pathology in COVID-19 patients
Coronaviruses are highly contagious and highly tropic to the kidney tissue.A new coronavirus infection can cause a wide range of pathological abnormalities of the kidneys, which is due to the content in the organs of angiotensin converting enzyme type 2 (ACE2), transmembrane serine protease 2 and cathepsin L, which are considered a target for SARS-