Microscopy images of lung tissue (IMAGE)
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Microscopy images of lung tissue obtained from a patient who died of COVID-19: Alveolar macrophages (depicted in red, cell nuclei in blue) have ingested SARS-CoV-2 virus material (green). Between these macrophages, the image shows a human alveolar epithelial cell, which has detached from alveolar tissue in response to the infection (image on left). The image on the right shows how these dead cells are ingested and eliminated by alveolar macrophages alongside any viral material.
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Charité I Andreas Hocke
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