SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions

S Steiner, A Kratzel, GT Barut, RM Lang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The zoonotic emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
and the ensuing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have profoundly affected …

Orchestration of MUC2—The key regulatory target of gut barrier and homeostasis: A review

Y Liu, Z Yu, L Zhu, S Ma, Y Luo, H Liang, Q Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gut mucosa of human is covered by mucus, functioning as a crucial defense line for the
intestine against external stimuli and pathogens. Mucin2 (MUC2) is a subtype of secretory …

The STRING database in 2023: protein–protein association networks and functional enrichment analyses for any sequenced genome of interest

D Szklarczyk, R Kirsch, M Koutrouli… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Much of the complexity within cells arises from functional and regulatory interactions among
proteins. The core of these interactions is increasingly known, but novel interactions …

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins: a global analysis

M Abavisani, K Rahimian, B Mahdavi, S Tokhanbigli… - Virology Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Emergence of new variants mainly variants of concerns (VOC) is caused by
mutations in main structural proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Pharmacological disruption of mSWI/SNF complex activity restricts SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Wei, A Patil, CK Collings, MM Alfajaro, Y Liang… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Identification of host determinants of coronavirus infection informs mechanisms of viral
pathogenesis and can provide new drug targets. Here we demonstrate that mammalian …

SARS-CoV-2 Spike triggers barrier dysfunction and vascular leak via integrins and TGF-β signaling

SB Biering, FT Gomes de Sousa, LV Tjang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe COVID-19 is associated with epithelial and endothelial barrier dysfunction within the
lung as well as in distal organs. While it is appreciated that an exaggerated inflammatory …

Glycoproteomic landscape and structural dynamics of TIM family immune checkpoints enabled by mucinase SmE

J Chongsaritsinsuk, AD Steigmeyer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mucin-domain glycoproteins are densely O-glycosylated and play critical roles in a host of
biological functions. In particular, the T cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing …

Identification of host dependency factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle formation through proteomics and ultrastructural analysis

F Pahmeier, TM Lavacca, S Goellner… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Positive-strand RNA viruses subvert the cellular endomembrane system for the generation
of distinct compartments termed replication organelles (ROs) that harbor the site where viral …

Integrated multi-omics analyses identify anti-viral host factors and pathways controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Hou, Y Wei, J Zou, R Jaffery, L Sun, S Liang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Host anti-viral factors are essential for controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection but remain largely
unknown due to the biases of previous large-scale studies toward pro-viral host factors. To …

DYRK1A promotes viral entry of highly pathogenic human coronaviruses in a kinase-independent manner

MS Strine, WL Cai, J Wei, MM Alfajaro, RB Filler… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Identifying host genes essential for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has the potential to reveal novel drug targets and further our understanding …