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retina cells covid

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A section through the retinal pigment epithelium layer from an infected ACE2-expressing mouse: upper image, bright-field plus SARSCoV-2 N-protein (green) and complement component C3b immunofluorescence (magenta); lower image, C3b immunofluorescence alone. Widespread accumulation of C3b is evident, despite only two small regions of N-protein expression. Scale bars: 50 µm.

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Hultgren et al.

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