Table 1.

Expression of ACE2 mRNA in human different tissues

Sample	Numbers	RPKM values	Counts
Adrenal	3	0.287 ± 0.08	15,093
Appendix	3	0.751 ± 0.291	37,467
Bone marrow	4	0.049 ± 0.029	6316
Brain	3	0.045 ± 0.023	2583
Colon	5	4.695 ± 1.662	583,961
Duodenum	2	69.049 ± 6.292	2,262,846
Endometrium	3	0.2 ± 0.055	11,145
Esophagus	3	0.589 ± 0.17	51,888
Fat	3	2.389 ± 1.378	130,013
Gall bladder	3	32.606 ± 14.37	2,936,794
heart	4	12.309 ± 10.958	1,505,105
Kidney	4	30.81 ± 17.148	2,168,804
Liver	3	1.294 ± 0.368	87,261
Lung	5	0.345 ± 0.102	31,059
Lymph node	5	0.063 ± 0.071	7576
Ovary	2	0.194 ± 0.106	13,770
Pancreas	2	0.199 ± 0.029	13,240
Placenta	4	0.675 ± 0.102	83,518
Prostate	4	0.099 ± 0.037	7124
salivary gland	3	0.147 ± 0.009	16,539
Skin	3	0.089 ± 0.053	8127
Small intestine	4	93.724 ± 16.1	7,099,334
Spleen	4	0.007 ± 0.003	702
Stomach	3	1.177 ± 0.937	96,543
Testis	7	26.895 ± 8.944	6,060,081
Thyroid	4	1.392 ± 0.928	187,069
Urinary bladder	2	0.33 ± 0.107	19,218