Potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the thymus
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چکیده
Understanding the pathogenesis of certain viral agents is essential for developing new treatments and obtaining a clinical cure. With onset coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic in beginning 2020, rush to conduct studies develop drugs has led publication articles that seek address knowledge gaps contribute global scientific research community. There are still no reports on infectivity or repercussions SARS-CoV-2 infection central lymphoid organ, thymus, nor thymocytes thymic epithelial cells. In this brief review, we present hypothesis about lymphopenia observed SARS patients probable pathological changes thymus may undergo due virus.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Microbiology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1480-3275', '0008-4166']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2020-0170