ACE2 and severe acute respiratory syndrome: Following the SARS outbreak of 2003, interest in mink was sparked when it was demonstrated that mink lung cells (Mv 1 Lu) were permissive to SARS-CoV infection (26, –, 28) and express angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 receptor (29, –, 31).