ACE2 and COVID-19: However, an autopsy series of 22 patients who died from COVID-19 showed renal tropism of SARS-CoV-2 with preferential targeting of glomerular cells.25 These findings are consistent with past evidence of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression in human kidneys, which is known to be the primary receptor for SARS-CoV-2 tissue invasion.26