A bipotential organoid model of respiratory epithelium recapitulates high infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

MC Chiu, C Li, X Liu, Y Yu, J Huang, Z Wan, D Xiao… - Cell discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The airways and alveoli of the human respiratory tract are lined by two distinct types of
epithelium, which are the primary targets of respiratory viruses. We previously established …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection of airway epithelial cells

G Ryu, HW Shin - Immune network, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading worldwide since its outbreak in December 2019, and …

Human organoids and organs‐on‐chips for addressing COVID‐19 challenges

Y Wang, P Wang, J Qin - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), poses an imminent threat to our lives. Although …

Control of SARS-CoV-2 infection by MT1-MMP-mediated shedding of ACE2

X Guo, J Cao, JP Cai, J Wu, J Huang, P Asthana… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global
pandemic. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 …

An integrated radiologic-pathologic understanding of COVID-19 pneumonia

JH Lee, J Koh, YK Jeon, JM Goo, SH Yoon - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
This article reviews the radiologic and pathologic findings of the epithelial and endothelial
injuries in COVID-19 pneumonia to help radiologists understand the fundamental nature of …

A distal lung organoid model to study interstitial lung disease, viral infection and human lung development

I Matkovic Leko, RT Schneider, TA Thimraj… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Organoids have been an exciting advancement in stem cell research. Here we describe a
strategy for directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into distal lung organoids …

[HTML][HTML] An airway organoid-based screen identifies a role for the HIF1α-glycolysis axis in SARS-CoV-2 infection

X Duan, X Tang, MS Nair, T Zhang, Y Qiu, W Zhang… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
It is urgent to develop disease models to dissect mechanisms regulating severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, we derive airway …

Organoid-based expansion of patient-derived primary alveolar type 2 cells for establishment of alveolus epithelial Lung-Chip cultures

S van Riet, A van Schadewijk… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Abstract Development of effective treatment strategies for lung tissue destruction as seen in
emphysema would greatly benefit from representative human in vitro models of the alveolar …

Mechanisms of lung injury induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection

S Upadhya, J Rehman, AB Malik, S Chen - Physiology, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The lung is the major target organ of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes COVID-19. Here,
we outline the multistep mechanisms of lung epithelial and endothelial injury induced by …

[HTML][HTML] Alveolar type II cells and pulmonary surfactant in COVID-19 era

A Calkovska, M Kolomaznik, V Calkovsky - Physiological research, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this review, we discuss the role of pulmonary surfactant in the host defense against
respiratory pathogens, including novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In the lower respiratory …