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 …

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic

A Bertoletti, N Le Bert, AT Tan - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, multiple severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with increasing ability to …

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces DNA damage, through CHK1 degradation and impaired 53BP1 recruitment, and cellular senescence

U Gioia, S Tavella, P Martínez-Orellana, G Cicio… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the RNA virus
responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although SARS-CoV-2 …

Mucosal plasma cells are required to protect the upper airway and brain from infection

SA Wellford, AP Moseman, K Dao, KE Wright, A Chen… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
While blood antibodies mediate protective immunity in most organs, whether they protect
nasal surfaces in the upper airway is unclear. Using multiple viral infection models in mice …

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 …

LY6E is a pan-coronavirus restriction factor in the respiratory tract

KB Mar, AI Wells, MC Caballero Van Dyke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
LY6E is an antiviral restriction factor that inhibits coronavirus spike-mediated fusion, but the
cell types in vivo that require LY6E for protection from respiratory coronavirus infection are …

Pharmacological inhibition of TBK1/IKKε blunts immunopathology in a murine model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

TR Ullah, MD Johansen, KR Balka, RL Ambrose… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is a key signalling component in the production of
type-I interferons, which have essential antiviral activities, including against SARS-CoV-2 …

Olfactory immune response to SARS-CoV-2

SA Wellford, EA Moseman - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Numerous pathogens can infect the olfactory tract, yet the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-
2 has strongly emphasized the importance of the olfactory mucosa as an immune barrier …

Fatal neurodissemination and SARS-CoV-2 tropism in K18-hACE2 mice is only partially dependent on hACE2 expression

M Carossino, D Kenney, AK O'Connell, P Montanaro… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Animal models recapitulating COVID-19 are critical to enhance our understanding of SARS-
CoV-2 pathogenesis. Intranasally inoculated transgenic mice expressing human …

Nirmatrelvir treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected mice blunts antiviral adaptive immune responses

V Fumagalli, P Di Lucia, M Ravà, D Marotta… - EMBO molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Alongside vaccines, antiviral drugs are becoming an integral part of our response to the
SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic. Nirmatrelvir—an orally available inhibitor of the 3‐chymotrypsin …