Expression of TMPRSS2(文献 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2
bile duct (epithelium), breast (lobular epithelium), bronchi (epithelium), colon (goblet cells), epididymis (epithelium), kidney (distal & collecting tubules, papillary epithelium), upper airways (epithelial cells) lung (alveolar epithelium), pancreas (ductal epithelium), prostate (ductal & basal cells), salivary gland (acinar cells), small intestine (epithelium), stomach (epithelium) ovarian tube, heart, liver, salivary gland, thymus, , ampullary gland, bulbourethral gland, eye, inner ear (modiolus, organ of Corti, stria vascularis), skin, testis, uterus,



TMPRSS2がSARSの感染に必要なことを、国立感染症研究所が世界に先駆けて2010年のJournal of Virologyに報告し、更に2020年のPNASにcovid19にも必要であることも報告し、このウイルスの研究の分水嶺となりました。