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 …

Molecular mechanism of interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and host cells and interventional therapy

Q Zhang, R **ang, S Huo, Y Zhou, S Jiang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in an unprecedented setback …

SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

L Zhang, CB Jackson, H Mou, A Ojha, H Peng… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants with spike (S)-protein D614G mutations now predominate globally.
We therefore compare the properties of the mutated S protein (SG614) with the original …

COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease: from bench to bedside

MK Chung, DA Zidar, MR Bristow, SJ Cameron… - Circulation …, 2021‏ - ahajournals.org
A pandemic of historic impact, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has potential
consequences on the cardiovascular health of millions of people who survive infection …

Cathepsin L plays a key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans and humanized mice and is a promising target for new drug development

MM Zhao, WL Yang, FY Yang, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
To discover new drugs to combat COVID-19, an understanding of the molecular basis of
SARS-CoV-2 infection is urgently needed. Here, for the first time, we report the crucial role of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal host factors critical for SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Wei, MM Alfajaro, PC DeWeirdt, RE Hanna… - Cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
Identification of host genes essential for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) infection may reveal novel therapeutic targets and inform our understanding …

The D614G mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reduces S1 shedding and increases infectivity

L Zhang, CB Jackson, H Mou, A Ojha… - BioRxiv, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolates encoding a D614G mutation in the viral spike
(S) protein predominate over time in locales where it is found, implying that this change …

Coronavirus membrane fusion mechanism offers a potential target for antiviral development

T Tang, M Bidon, JA Jaimes, GR Whittaker, S Daniel - Antiviral research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has focused attention on the
need to develop effective therapies against the causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, and also …

Natural product-derived phytochemicals as potential agents against coronaviruses: A review

JS Mani, JB Johnson, JC Steel, DA Broszczak… - Virus research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Coronaviruses are responsible for a growing economic, social and mortality burden, as the
causative agent of diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle …

COVID-19 outbreak: history, mechanism, transmission, structural studies and therapeutics

D Yesudhas, A Srivastava, MM Gromiha - Infection, 2021‏ - Springer
Purpose The coronavirus outbreak emerged as a severe pandemic, claiming more than 0.8
million lives across the world and raised a major global health concern. We survey the …