In addition, evaluation of the cellular pellets of the AKIN 0 urine samples revealed that the shedding of proximal tubule cells (marked by proximal tubule gene LRP2) was more prominent in COVID-19 (+) than in COVID-19 (−) cohort (n = 40; 2.61-fold increase in urinary LRP2+ cells, P < 0.01), whereas UMOD+ cells were present regardless of COVID-19 status (Supplementary Figure S6). Here, LRP2 is linked to COVID-19.