Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection

MM DeGrace, E Ghedin, MB Frieman, F Krammer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The global emergence of many severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) variants jeopardizes the protective antiviral immunity induced after infection or …

Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract

T Flerlage, DF Boyd, V Meliopoulos… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of respiratory tract
infections that produce a wide spectrum of clinical disease severity in humans. The novel …

TLR2 senses the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein to produce inflammatory cytokines

M Zheng, R Karki, EP Williams, D Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The innate immune response is critical for recognizing and controlling infections through the
release of cytokines and chemokines. However, severe pathology during some infections …

A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic

T Shapira, IA Monreal, SP Dion, DW Buchholz… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus remains a global public health
crisis. Although widespread vaccination campaigns are underway, their efficacy is reduced …

SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood–brain barrier accompanied with basement membrane disruption without tight junctions alteration

L Zhang, L Zhou, L Bao, J Liu, H Zhu, Q Lv… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to show a capacity for invading the brains of humans and
model animals. However, it remains unclear whether and how SARS-CoV-2 crosses the …

Neutralizing and protective human monoclonal antibodies recognizing the N-terminal domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

N Suryadevara, S Shrihari, P Gilchuk, LA VanBlargan… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Most human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 recognize the spike
(S) protein receptor-binding domain and block virus interactions with the cellular receptor …

Innate immune and inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2: Implications for COVID-19

SA Lowery, A Sariol, S Perlman - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
COVID-19 can result in severe disease characterized by significant immunopathology that is
spurred by an exuberant, yet dysregulated, innate immune response with a poor adaptive …

Neurological complications and infection mechanism of SARS-COV-2

D Wan, T Du, W Hong, L Chen, H Que, S Lu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Currently, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic and threatened many lives.
Although SARS-CoV-2 mainly causes respiratory diseases, growing data indicate that SARS …

An orally available Mpro inhibitor is effective against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 and variants including Omicron

BX Quan, H Shuai, AJ Xia, Y Hou, R Zeng, XL Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to cause waves of new infections globally.
Developing effective antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants is an urgent task. The …

Morphological, cellular, and molecular basis of brain infection in COVID-19 patients

F Crunfli, VC Carregari, FP Veras… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Although increasing evidence confirms neuropsychiatric manifestations associated mainly
with severe COVID-19 infection, long-term neuropsychiatric dysfunction (recently …