Unique mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants' non-spike proteins: Potential impacts on viral pathogenesis and host immune evasion

A Hossain, S Akter, AA Rashid, S Khair… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent behind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This virus is a
cumulative outcome of mutations, leading to frequent emergence of new variants and their …

SARS-CoV-2 ORF8: a rapidly evolving immune and viral modulator in COVID-19

A Arduini, F Laprise, C Liang - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in upwards of 6.8 million deaths over the past three
years, and the frequent emergence of variants continues to strain global health. Although …

Fitness effects of mutations to SARS-CoV-2 proteins

JD Bloom, RA Neher - Virus Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Knowledge of the fitness effects of mutations to SARS-CoV-2 can inform
assessment of new variants, design of therapeutics resistant to escape, and understanding …

Multiple mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 variant orchestrate its virological characteristics

I Kimura, D Yamasoba, H Nasser, H Ito… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Previous studies on the Omicron BA. 2 variant suggested that the virological characteristics
of BA. 2 are determined by the mutations in at least two different regions of the viral genome …

SARS-CoV-2-related bat viruses evade human intrinsic immunity but lack efficient transmission capacity

MA Peña-Hernández, MM Alfajaro, RB Filler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Circulating bat coronaviruses represent a pandemic threat. However, our understanding of
bat coronavirus pathogenesis and transmission potential is limited by the lack of …

SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 protein does not antagonize interferon signaling in respiratory epithelial Calu-3 cells during infection

M Li, K Ayyanathan, M Dittmar, J Miller, I Tapescu… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused millions of
deaths, posing a substantial threat to global public health. Viruses evolve different strategies …

SARS‐CoV‐2 ORF3a expression in brain disrupts the autophagy–lysosomal pathway, impairs sphingolipid homeostasis, and drives neuropathogenesis

H Zhu, C Byrnes, YT Lee, G Tuymetova… - The FASEB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection causes injury to
multiple organ systems, including the brain. SARS‐CoV‐2's neuropathological mechanisms …

Ghosts of the past: Elemental composition, biosynthesis reactions and thermodynamic properties of Zeta P. 2, Eta B. 1.525, Theta P. 3, Kappa B. 1.617. 1, Iota B. 1.526 …

M Popovic, MP Pavlović, M Pavlović - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspectives of molecular biology, genetics and biothermodynamics, SARS-CoV-2
is the among the best characterized viruses. Research on SARS-CoV-2 has shed a new …

Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity

MSTM Begum, K Ichihara, O Takahashi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S)
protein is essential in mediating membrane fusion of the virus with the target cells. Several …

MasitinibL shows promise as a drug-like analog of masitinib that elicits comparable SARS-Cov-2 3CLpro inhibition with low kinase preference

OA Durojaye, NO Okoro, AS Odiba, BC Nwanguma - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection has led to several million deaths worldwide and ravaged the
economies of many countries. Hence, develo** therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 …