Causes and Consequences of Coronavirus Spike Protein Variability

F Zech, C Jung, T Jacob, F Kirchhoff - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coronaviruses are a large family of enveloped RNA viruses found in numerous animal
species. They are well known for their ability to cross species barriers and have been …

Attenuated replication and damaging effects of SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variants in an intestinal epithelial barrier model

M Volcic, R Nchioua, C Pastorio, F Zech… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many COVID‐19 patients suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms and impaired intestinal
barrier function is thought to play a key role in Long COVID. Despite its importance, the …

Autophagy‐related protein 5 (ATG5) interacts with bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST2) to stimulate HBV replication through antagonizing the antiviral activity of …

Q Li, W Wen, Y Wang, T Gong, X Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global health burden with 820 000 deaths per
year. In our previous study, we found that the knockdown of autophagy‐related protein 5 …