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The world today is facing a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which mainly causes a respiratory disease known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Therefore, its pathogenesis and complications should be identified and understood SARS-CoV-2 infects the host using the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as its receptor, which is expressed in several organs including the lungs, heart, kidneys, and intestines Kidney complications are relatively common, and acute kidney injury (AKI) is a life-threatening complication in patients with COVID-19 In this review, the renal histological patterns of COVID-19 are described in detail, and its potential mechanisms associated with AKI are discussed
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