Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells

CB Jackson, M Farzan, B Chen, H Choe - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The unprecedented public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused
by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been …

Immune response, inflammation, and the clinical spectrum of COVID-19

LF García - Frontiers in immunology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
The current COVID-19 pandemic began in December 2019 in Wuhan (China) and rapidly
extended to become a global sanitary and economic emergency. Its etiological agent is the …

The furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is required for transmission in ferrets

TP Peacock, DH Goldhill, J Zhou, L Baillon… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 entry requires sequential cleavage of the spike glycoprotein at the S1/S2 and
the S2ʹ cleavage sites to mediate membrane fusion. SARS-CoV-2 has a polybasic insertion …

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

Z Zhou, L Ren, L Zhang, J Zhong, Y **ao, Z Jia, L Guo… - Cell host & …, 2020‏ - cell.com
The outbreaks of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2
infection have posed a severe threat to global public health. It is unclear how the human …

Interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and the type I interferon response

M Sa Ribero, N Jouvenet, M Dreux, S Nisole - PLoS pathogens, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the
current COVID-19 pandemic. An unbalanced immune response, characterized by a weak …

Syncytia formation by SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected cells

J Buchrieser, J Dufloo, M Hubert, B Monel… - The EMBO …, 2020‏ - embopress.org
Severe cases of COVID‐19 are associated with extensive lung damage and the presence of
infected multinucleated syncytial pneumocytes. The viral and cellular mechanisms …

Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence

M Letko, SN Seifert, KJ Olival, RK Plowright… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

SARS-CoV-2 nsp13, nsp14, nsp15 and orf6 function as potent interferon antagonists

CK Yuen, JY Lam, WM Wong, LF Mak… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by the novel SARS-
CoV-2 virus, is now causing a tremendous global health concern. Since its first appearance …

Human coronavirus: host-pathogen interaction

TS Fung, DX Liu - Annual review of microbiology, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Human coronavirus (HCoV) infection causes respiratory diseases with mild to severe
outcomes. In the last 15 years, we have witnessed the emergence of two zoonotic, highly …