The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity. SARS-CoV-2 infections …

Cell invasion into the surrounding extracellular matrix or across tissue boundaries and
endothelial barriers occurs in both physiological and pathological scenarios such as …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in more than 28,000,000 infections and 900,000 …

Glycosylation is a ubiquitous post-translational modification responsible for a multitude of
crucial biological roles. As obligate parasites, viruses exploit host-cell machinery to …

Carbohydrates are essential mediators of many processes in health and disease. They
regulate self-/non-self-discrimination, are key elements of cellular communication, cancer …

The efficient spread of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a unique pandemic in modern history.
Despite early identification of ACE2 as the receptor for viral spike protein, much remains to …

HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein [Env; trimeric (gp160) 3 cleaved to (gp120/gp41) 3] attaches
the virion to a susceptible cell and induces fusion of viral and cell membranes to initiate …

Platelets are chief cells in hemostasis. Apart from their hemostatic roles, platelets are major
inflammatory effector cells that can influence both innate and adaptive immune responses …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) continues to challenge most scientists in the
search of an effective way to either prevent infection or to avoid spreading of the disease. As …

The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …