SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Associated with Reduced Krüppel-like Factor 2 in Human Lung Autopsy

Overview

Journal Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol

Specialties Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Date 2021 May 10

PMID 33971111

Citations 6

Authors

David Wu

Tzu-Han Lee

Ru-Ting Huang

Robert D Guzy

Nathan Schoettler

Ayodeji Adegunsoye

Jeffrey Mueller

Aliya Husain

Anne I Sperling

Gokhan M Mutlu

Yun Fang

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