Role of serine proteases and host cell receptors involved in proteolytic activation, entry of SARS-CoV-2 and its current therapeutic options

G Dessie, T Malik - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The current global pandemic of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
continues with its public health disaster beginning from late December 2019 in Wuhan …

Microfluidic Diffusion Sizing Applied to the Study of Natural Products and Extracts That Modulate the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD/ACE2 Interaction

J Fauquet, J Carette, P Duez, J Zhang, A Nachtergael - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The interaction between SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and ACE2 proteins is a crucial step for
host cell infection by the virus. Without it, the entire virion entrance mechanism is …