SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

MM Lamers, BL Haagmans - Nature reviews microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
caused a devastating pandemic. Although most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop …

Human organoids: model systems for human biology and medicine

J Kim, BK Koo, JA Knoblich - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2020 - nature.com
The historical reliance of biological research on the use of animal models has sometimes
made it challenging to address questions that are specific to the understanding of human …

Engineering organoids

M Hofer, MP Lutolf - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Organoids are in vitro miniaturized and simplified model systems of organs that have gained
enormous interest for modelling tissue development and disease, and for personalized …

Amplification-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 with CRISPR-Cas13a and mobile phone microscopy

P Fozouni, S Son, MD de León Derby, GJ Knott… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The December 2019 outbreak of a novel respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2, has become an
ongoing global pandemic due in part to the challenge of identifying symptomatic …

Human organoids in basic research and clinical applications

XY Tang, S Wu, D Wang, C Chu, Y Hong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Organoids are three-dimensional (3D) miniature structures cultured in vitro produced from
either human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) or adult stem cells (AdSCs) derived from …

A human-airway-on-a-chip for the rapid identification of candidate antiviral therapeutics and prophylactics

L Si, H Bai, M Rodas, W Cao, CY Oh, A Jiang… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The rapid repurposing of antivirals is particularly pressing during pandemics. However,
rapid assays for assessing candidate drugs typically involve in vitro screens and cell lines …

Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2

J Zhou, C Li, X Liu, MC Chiu, X Zhao, D Wang, Y Wei… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
A novel coronavirus—severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—
emerged in humans in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since disseminated …

Progenitor identification and SARS-CoV-2 infection in human distal lung organoids

AA Salahudeen, SS Choi, A Rustagi, J Zhu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The distal lung contains terminal bronchioles and alveoli that facilitate gas exchange. Three-
dimensional in vitro human distal lung culture systems would strongly facilitate the …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is highly sensitive to molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir, and the combination

P Li, Y Wang, M Lavrijsen, MM Lamers, AC de Vries… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Since the first outbreak in late 2019, the RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2 has
been undergoing constant evolution. This is largely attributed to the viral polymerase that is …

Human organoid models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Han, L Yang, LA Lacko, S Chen - Nature Methods, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. SARS …