Expression Profile of SARS-CoV-2 Host Receptors in Human Pancreatic Islets Revealed Upregulation of ACE2 in Diabetic Donors

J Taneera, W El-Huneidi, M Hamad, AK Mohammed… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cellular entry of SARS-CoV-2 is thought to occur through the binding of viral spike S1
protein to ACE2. The entry process involves priming of the S protein by TMPRSS2 and …

Kidney organoids reveal redundancy in viral entry pathways during ACE2-dependent SARS-CoV-2 infection

JM Vanslambrouck, JA Neil, R Rudraraju… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
With a high incidence of acute kidney injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients,
considerable attention has been focussed on whether SARS-CoV-2 specifically targets …

Identifications of novel host cell factors that interact with the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

X Tang, Y Liu, J Wang, T Long, BWY Mok… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
SARS-CoV-2 entry into host cells is facilitated by the interaction between the receptor-
binding domain of its spike protein (CoV2-RBD) and host cell receptor, ACE2, promoting …

Cholesterol and Ceramide Facilitate Membrane Fusion Mediated by the Fusion Peptide of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

K Niort, J Dancourt, E Boedec, Z Al Amir Dache… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 entry into host cells is mediated by the Spike (S) protein of the viral envelope.
The S protein is composed of two subunits: S1 that induces binding to the host cell via its …

Highly restricted SARS-CoV-2 receptor expression and resistance to infection by primary human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages

U Zankharia, A Yadav, Y Yi, BH Hahn… - Journal of Leukocyte …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), which causes the
disease COVID-19, has caused an unprecedented global pandemic. Angiotensin-converting …

SARS-CoV-2 infects cells after viral entry via clathrin-mediated endocytosis

A Bayati, R Kumar, V Francis, PS McPherson - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
COVID-19, so understanding its biology and infection mechanisms is critical to facing this …

Inhibition of SARS‐CoV‐2‐mediated thromboinflammation by CLEC2. Fc

PS Sung, CP Sun, MH Tao, SL Hsieh - EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2023 - embopress.org
Thromboinflammation is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID‐19 patients,
and post‐mortem examination demonstrates the presence of platelet‐rich thrombi and …

The purinergic receptor P2X7 and the NLRP3 inflammasome are druggable host factors required for SARS-CoV-2 infection

D Lécuyer, R Nardacci, D Tannous… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purinergic receptors and NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome regulate
inflammation and viral infection, but their effects on severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Pannexin-1 channel opening is critical for COVID-19 pathogenesis

R Luu, S Valdebenito, E Scemes, A Cibelli, DC Spray… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly rampaged
worldwide, causing a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but the biology of SARS …

Single cell analysis of ACE2 expression reveals the potential targets for 2019-nCoV

Y Zhu, M Jiang, L Gao, X Huang - 2020 - preprints.org
ACE2, the putative receptor for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), played an important role
in cell entry of 2019-nCoV. However, it is not yet clear what cell types within the human body …