SARS-CoV-2 and the spike protein in endotheliopathy

L Perico, A Benigni, G Remuzzi - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, primarily affects the epithelial
compartment in the upper and lower airways. There is evidence that the microvasculature in …

Human 3D brain organoids: steering the demolecularization of brain and neurological diseases

YK Adlakha - Cell Death Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding of human brain development, dysfunction and neurological diseases has
remained limited and challenging due to inability to recapitulate human brain-specific …

Differential effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on central nervous system cells and blood–brain barrier functions

A Proust, CJ Queval, R Harvey, L Adams… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Although mainly causing a respiratory syndrome, numerous neurological
symptoms have been identified following of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, how the virus …

Age-dependent acquisition of pathogenicity by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 5

B Imbiakha, S Ezzatpour, DW Buchholz, J Sahler… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Pathology studies of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of concern (VOC) are challenged by the
lack of pathogenic animal models. While Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 replicate in K18-hACE2 …

Neuroinvasion and anosmia are independent phenomena upon infection with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

GD de Melo, V Perraud, F Alvarez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anosmia was identified as a hallmark of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, however, with the
emergence of variants of concern, the clinical profile induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection has …

Meta-analysis of the make-up and properties of in vitro models of the healthy and diseased blood–brain barrier

JG Shamul, Z Wang, H Gong, W Ou, AM White… - Nature Biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
In vitro models of the human blood–brain barrier (BBB) are increasingly used to develop
therapeutics that can cross the BBB for treating diseases of the central nervous system. Here …

Sialylated glycan bindings from SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to blood and endothelial cells govern the severe morbidities of COVID-19

DE Scheim, P Vottero, AD Santin, AG Hirsh - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Consistent with well-established biochemical properties of coronaviruses, sialylated glycan
attachments between SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (SP) and host cells are key to the virus's …

New insights into neuropathology and pathogenesis of autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein meningoencephalomyelitis

Y Guo, V Endmayr, A Zekeridou, A McKeon… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) meningoencephalomyelitis (autoimmune GFAP
astrocytopathy) is a new autoimmune central nervous system (CNS) disease diagnosable by …

Potential convergence of olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and COVID-19: The role of neuroinflammation

H Li, J Qian, Y Wang, J Wang, X Mi, L Qu… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that affects 7-10 million
individuals worldwide. A common early symptom of PD is olfactory dysfunction (OD), and …

Global impact of proteoglycan science on human diseases

C Xie, L Schaefer, RV Iozzo - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
In this comprehensive review, we will dissect the impact of research on proteoglycans
focusing on recent developments involved in their synthesis, degradation, and interactions …