COVID-19 and intestinal inflammation: role of fecal calprotectin

At the end of January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS-Cov-2 (or Coronavirus 19 [COVID-19]) infection a global health emergency [1]. The virus, belonging to the β-Coronaviruses, spreads mainly through the respiratory tract from person to person, using the transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) [2] for S spike-protein priming and the angiotensin-converting-enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, receptors sited not only in the pulmonary epithelium but also in others districts such as in the renal and gastrointestinal ones [3].
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research