Genetic and epigenetic factors associated with increased severity of Covid‐19

Z Yildirim, OS Sahin, S Yazar… - Cell biology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since December 2019, a new form of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from a
novel strain of coronavirus (SARS coronavirus 2 [SARS‐CoV‐2]) has been spreading …

Human gene polymorphisms and their possible impact on the clinical outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection

SMA Hashemi, M Thijssen, SY Hosseini, A Tabarraei… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has become one of the most serious health concerns globally.
Although multiple vaccines have recently been approved for the prevention of coronavirus …

The complexity of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the COVID-19 pandemic

MK da Silva Torres, CDA Bichara… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) led to the death of millions of people worldwide and thousands more infected individuals …

[HTML][HTML] Structural modelling of SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B. 1.1. 7) suggests enhanced furin binding and infectivity

A Mohammad, J Abubaker, F Al-Mulla - Virus research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The B. 1.1. 7 SARS-CoV-2 strain that has emerged in the UK in early December
presents seven mutations and three deletions on S-protein structure that could lead to a …

Cellular and humoral immune responses in covid-19 and immunotherapeutic approaches

A Hasan, E Al-Ozairi, Z Al-Baqsumi… - ImmunoTargets and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), caused by the novel coronavirus severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), can range in severity from …

Remdesivir MD simulations suggest a more favourable binding to SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase mutant P323L than wild-type

A Mohammad, F Al-Mulla, DQ Wei, J Abubaker - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) protein is the target for the antiviral
drug Remdesivir (RDV). With RDV clinical trials on COVID-19 patients showing a reduced …

SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility and ACE2 Gene Variations Within Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds

N Vadgama, A Kreymerman, J Campbell… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is considerable variability in the susceptibility and progression for COVID-19 and it
appears to be strongly correlated with age, gender, ethnicity and pre-existing health …

Analysis of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 coding variants as a risk factor for SARS‐CoV‐2 from 946 whole‐exome sequencing data in the Turkish population

N Duman, G Tuncel, A Bisgin… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneity in symptoms associated with COVID‐19 in infected patients remains unclear.
ACE2 and TMPRSS2 gene variants are considered possible risk factors for COVID‐19. In …

SARS-COV-2 spike binding to ACE2 in living cells monitored by TR-FRET

E Cecon, M Burridge, L Cao, L Carter… - Cell Chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Targeting the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and human ACE2, its
primary cell membrane receptor, is a promising therapeutic strategy to prevent viral entry …

Discovery of natural products to block SARS-CoV-2 S-protein interaction with Neuropilin-1 receptor: A molecular dynamics simulation approach

E Alshawaf, MM Hammad, SK Marafie, H Ali… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) is a widely expressed cell surface receptor protein
characterized by its pleiotropic function. Recent reports highlighted NRP1 as an additional …