Integrated analyses of single-cell atlases reveal age, gender, and smoking status associations with cell type-specific expression of mediators of SARS-CoV-2 viral …

C Muus, MD Luecken, G Eraslan, A Waghray… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, creates an urgent
need for identifying molecular mechanisms that mediate viral entry, propagation, and tissue …

Single-cell meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes across tissues and demographics

C Muus, MD Luecken, G Eraslan, L Sikkema… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and accessory proteases (TMPRSS2 and
CTSL) are needed for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 is an interferon-stimulated gene in human airway epithelial cells and is detected in specific cell subsets across tissues

CGK Ziegler, SJ Allon, SK Nyquist, IM Mbano, VN Miao… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
There is pressing urgency to understand the pathogenesis of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus clade 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease COVID-19. SARS …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 entry genes are most highly expressed in nasal goblet and ciliated cells within human airways

W Sungnak, N Huang, C Bécavin, M Berg… - ArXiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the etiologic agent responsible for COVID-19
coronavirus disease, is a global threat. To better understand viral tropism, we assessed the …

Functional landscape of SARS-CoV-2 cellular restriction

L Martin-Sancho, MK Lewinski, L Pache, CA Stoneham… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
A deficient interferon (IFN) response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) infection has been implicated as a determinant of severe coronavirus …

Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes

NG Ravindra, MM Alfajaro, V Gasque, NC Huston… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
There are currently limited Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and
vaccines for the treatment or prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are predominantly expressed in a transient secretory cell type in subsegmental bronchial branches

S Lukassen, RL Chua, T Trefzer, NC Kahn… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic affecting the human respiratory system severely challenges
public health and urgently demands for increasing our understanding of COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of required host factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in human cells

Z Daniloski, TX Jordan, HH Wessels, DA Hoagland… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
To better understand host-virus genetic dependencies and find potential therapeutic targets
for COVID-19, we performed a genome-scale CRISPR loss-of-function screen to identify …

Age-dependent regulation of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry genes and cell death programs correlates with COVID-19 severity

Z Inde, BA Croker, C Yapp, GN Joshi, J Spetz… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity is highly variable, with pediatric
patients typically experiencing less severe infection than adults and especially the elderly …

Interstitial macrophages are a focus of viral takeover and inflammation in COVID-19 initiation in human lung

TTH Wu, KJ Travaglini, A Rustagi, D Xu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Early stages of deadly respiratory diseases including COVID-19 are challenging to elucidate
in humans. Here, we define cellular tropism and transcriptomic effects of SARS-CoV-2 virus …