Aki in the setting of COVID-19: Histopathologic and ultrastructural findings in postmortem kidney biopsy

Introduction: COVID-19 infection is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2) null SARS-CoV-2, using its Spike protein, interacts with angiotensin converting enzyme-II (ACE2) protein expressed in human kidneys null Upon internalization, host cells may go through pyroptosis, a process characterized by membranous pore formation, cytokine storm and cell death null We report light microscopy (LM), immunofluorescence microscopy (IF),...