While SARS-CoV-2 uses angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the receptor for cell entry, it is important to examine other potential interactions between the virus and other cell …
SARS-CoV-2 infection was announced as a pandemic in March 2020. Since then, several scientists have focused on the low prevalence of smokers among hospitalized COVID-19 …
Changeux et al.(Changeux et al. CR Biol. 343: 33–39.) recently suggested that the SARS- CoV-2 spike protein may interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and that …
EC Carlson, M Macsai, S Bertrand, D Bertrand… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the worldwide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although the pathophysiology …
V Dormoy, JM Perotin, P Gosset, U Maskos… - Medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play an important role in homeostasis and respiratory diseases. Controversies regarding the association between COVID-19 …
A Choudhury, S Mukherjee - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak due to novel coronavirus or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection has come out as …
A novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS- CoV-2) is a potential cause of acute respiratory infection called coronavirus disease 2019 …
I Mercurio, V Tragni, F Busto, A De Grassi… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The recent severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread so much rapidly and severely to induce World Health Organization …
J Wang, X Xu, X Zhou, P Chen… - Journal of General …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
We constructed complex models of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding to pangolin or human ACE2, the receptor for virus transmission, and estimated the binding free energy changes …