SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

SARS-CoV-2 and innate immunity: the good, the bad, and the “goldilocks”

BL Sievers, MTK Cheng, K Csiba, B Meng… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
An ancient conflict between hosts and pathogens has driven the innate and adaptive arms of
immunity. Knowledge about this interplay can not only help us identify biological …

Heightened innate immune responses in the respiratory tract of COVID-19 patients

Z Zhou, L Ren, L Zhang, J Zhong, Y **
M Romano, A Ruggiero, F Squeglia, G Maga, R Berisio - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is due to the novel coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2. The scientific community has mounted a strong response by accelerating …

Interferon-stimulated genes: what do they all do?

JW Schoggins - Annual review of virology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In the absence of an intact interferon (IFN) response, mammals may be susceptible to lethal
viral infection. IFNs are secreted cytokines that activate a signal transduction cascade …

Interstitial macrophages are a focus of viral takeover and inflammation in COVID-19 initiation in human lung

TTH Wu, KJ Travaglini, A Rustagi, D Xu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Early stages of deadly respiratory diseases including COVID-19 are challenging to elucidate
in humans. Here, we define cellular tropism and transcriptomic effects of SARS-CoV-2 virus …

Innate immunity in tuberculosis: host defense vs pathogen evasion

CH Liu, H Liu, B Ge - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The major innate immune cell types involved in tuberculosis (TB) infection are
macrophages, dendritic cells (DCs), neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cells. These immune …

[HTML][HTML] IFITM proteins: Understanding their diverse roles in viral infection, cancer, and immunity

M Gómez-Herranz, J Taylor, RD Sloan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are broad spectrum antiviral factors that
inhibit the entry of a wide range of clinically important pathogens including influenza A virus …

New insights into the evasion of host innate immunity by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Q Chai, L Wang, CH Liu, B Ge - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an extremely successful intracellular pathogen that
causes tuberculosis (TB), which remains the leading infectious cause of human death. The …