[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells

CB Jackson, M Farzan, B Chen, H Choe - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The unprecedented public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused
by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been …

[HTML][HTML] The furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is required for transmission in ferrets

TP Peacock, DH Goldhill, J Zhou, L Baillon… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 entry requires sequential cleavage of the spike glycoprotein at the S1/S2 and
the S2ʹ cleavage sites to mediate membrane fusion. SARS-CoV-2 has a polybasic insertion …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanism of interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and host cells and interventional therapy

Q Zhang, R Xiang, S Huo, Y Zhou, S Jiang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in an unprecedented setback …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors targeting Mpro and PLpro using in-cell-protease assay

A Narayanan, M Narwal, SA Majowicz… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 proteases Mpro and PLpro are promising targets for antiviral drug
development. In this study, we present an antiviral screening strategy involving a novel in …

[HTML][HTML] Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 spike-induced syncytia

L Braga, H Ali, I Secco, E Chiavacci, G Neves… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
COVID-19 is a disease with unique characteristics that include lung thrombosis, frequent
diarrhoea, abnormal activation of the inflammatory response and rapid deterioration of lung …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

L Zhang, CB Jackson, H Mou, A Ojha, H Peng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants with spike (S)-protein D614G mutations now predominate globally.
We therefore compare the properties of the mutated S protein (SG614) with the original …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus biology and replication: implications for SARS-CoV-2

P V'kovski, A Kratzel, S Steiner, H Stalder… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and its unprecedented global societal and economic disruptive
impact has marked the third zoonotic introduction of a highly pathogenic coronavirus into the …

TMPRSS2 expression dictates the entry route used by SARS‐CoV‐2 to infect host cells

J Koch, ZM Uckeley, P Doldan, M Stanifer… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
SARS‐CoV‐2 is a newly emerged coronavirus that caused the global COVID‐19 outbreak in
early 2020. COVID‐19 is primarily associated with lung injury, but many other clinical …

COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease: from bench to bedside

MK Chung, DA Zidar, MR Bristow, SJ Cameron… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
A pandemic of historic impact, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has potential
consequences on the cardiovascular health of millions of people who survive infection …