section_path: Pathophysiology/Gastrointestinal tract
section_name: Gastrointestinal tract
paragraph_text: Gastrointestinal tract
  
  The virus also affects gastrointestinal organs as ACE2 is abundantly expressed in the glandular cells of gastric, duodenal and rectal epithelium as well as endothelial cells and enterocytes of the small intestine.