[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2: structure, biology, and structure-based therapeutics development

MY Wang, R Zhao, LJ Gao, XF Gao… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has been posing great threats to the world in many aspects. Effective therapeutic and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in COVID-19

W Ni, X Yang, D Yang, J Bao, R Li, Y Xiao, C Hou… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
An outbreak of pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) that started in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 has become a global …

[HTML][HTML] Human organoids: model systems for human biology and medicine

J Kim, BK Koo, JA Knoblich - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2020 - nature.com
The historical reliance of biological research on the use of animal models has sometimes
made it challenging to address questions that are specific to the understanding of human …

[HTML][HTML] Viral presence and immunopathology in patients with lethal COVID-19: a prospective autopsy cohort study

B Schurink, E Roos, T Radonic, E Barbe… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) targets
multiple organs and causes severe coagulopathy. Histopathological organ changes might …

Immunophenotyping of COVID-19 and influenza highlights the role of type I interferons in development of severe COVID-19

JS Lee, S Park, HW Jeong, JY Ahn, SJ Choi… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Although most severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–infected
individuals experience mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), some patients suffer …

[HTML][HTML] Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients

JA Lednicky, M Lauzardo, ZH Fan, A Jutla… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Because the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in aerosols but failure to isolate
viable (infectious) virus are commonly reported, there is substantial controversy whether …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain choroid plexus and disrupts the blood-CSF barrier in human brain organoids

L Pellegrini, A Albecka, DL Mallery, MJ Kellner, D Paul… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, leads to respiratory symptoms that can be …

TMPRSS2 and TMPRSS4 promote SARS-CoV-2 infection of human small intestinal enterocytes

R Zang, MFG Castro, BT McCune, Q Zeng… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Gastrointestinal symptoms and fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA are frequently observed
in COVID-19. However, it is unclear whether SARS-CoV-2 replicates in the human intestine …

[HTML][HTML] Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19

A Gupta, MV Madhavan, K Sehgal, N Nair… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Although COVID-19 is most well known for causing substantial respiratory pathology, it can
also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. These conditions include thrombotic …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and the type I interferon response

M Sa Ribero, N Jouvenet, M Dreux, S Nisole - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the
current COVID-19 pandemic. An unbalanced immune response, characterized by a weak …