The neuroinvasiveness, neurotropism, and neurovirulence of SARS-CoV-2

L Bauer, BM Laksono, FMS de Vrij, SA Kushner… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with
a diverse spectrum of neurological complications during the acute and postacute stages …

[HTML][HTML] Human organoid models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Han, L Yang, LA Lacko, S Chen - Nature Methods, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. SARS …

COVID-19–related anosmia is associated with viral persistence and inflammation in human olfactory epithelium and brain infection in hamsters

GD De Melo, F Lazarini, S Levallois… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Whereas recent investigations have revealed viral, inflammatory, and vascular factors
involved in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lung …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain

E Song, C Zhang, B Israelow, A Lu-Culligan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Although COVID-19 is considered to be primarily a respiratory disease, SARS-CoV-2 affects
multiple organ systems including the central nervous system (CNS). Yet, there is no …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain choroid plexus and disrupts the blood-CSF barrier in human brain organoids

L Pellegrini, A Albecka, DL Mallery, MJ Kellner, D Paul… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, leads to respiratory symptoms that can be …

[HTML][HTML] Insights to SARS-CoV-2 life cycle, pathophysiology, and rationalized treatments that target COVID-19 clinical complications

IP Trougakos, K Stamatelopoulos, E Terpos… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Gaining further insights into SARS-CoV-2 routes of infection and the underlying
pathobiology of COVID-19 will support the design of rational treatments targeting the life …

[PDF][PDF] Human lung stem cell-based alveolospheres provide insights into SARS-CoV-2-mediated interferon responses and pneumocyte dysfunction

H Katsura, V Sontake, A Tata, Y Kobayashi… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Coronavirus infection causes diffuse alveolar damage leading to acute respiratory distress
syndrome. The absence of ex vivo models of human alveolar epithelium is hindering an …

[PDF][PDF] Human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural cells and brain organoids reveal SARS-CoV-2 neurotropism predominates in choroid plexus epithelium

F Jacob, SR Pather, WK Huang, F Zhang, SZH Wong… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neurological complications are common in patients with COVID-19. Although severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal pathogen of COVID-19, has …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion that compromises neuronal activity

R Martínez-Mármol, R Giordano-Santini, E Kaulich… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Numerous viruses use specialized surface molecules called fusogens to enter host cells.
Many of these viruses, including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …