SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are predominantly expressed in a transient secretory cell type in subsegmental bronchial branches AUTHORS

Affiliation 1 Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany 2 Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Center for Digital Health, Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany 3 Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany 4 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 156, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Translational Research Unit, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany 6 Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany 7 Division of Redox Regulation, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 8 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition, Translational Research and Metabolism. Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, Maastricht, the Netherlands 9 Health Data Science Unit, Heidelberg University Hospital and BioQuant, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany