1 Institute of Functional Anatomy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2 German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany.
3 Core Facility Electron Microscopy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
4 Dept of Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
5 Dept of Neuropathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
6 Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.
7 Cluster of Excellence, NeuroCure, Berlin, Germany.
8 German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
9 Dept of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
10 Dept of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Electron microscopy reveals collapse induration with alveolar epithelial cell death, basal lamina denudation, collapse and sealing of alveoli in a COVID-19 patient, implicating surfactant dysfunction and alveolar instability in fibrosis initiationhttps://bit.ly/38yEX2g