Pathogenesis and virulence of coronavirus disease: Comparative pathology of animal models for COVID-19

NM Kirk, Y Liang, H Ly - Virulence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Animal models that can replicate clinical and pathologic features of severe human
coronavirus infections have been instrumental in the development of novel vaccines and …

Divergent trajectory of replication and intrinsic pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron post-BA. 2/5 subvariants in the upper and lower respiratory tract

B Hu, JFW Chan, Y Liu, H Liu, YX Chen, H Shuai… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Earlier Omicron subvariants including BA. 1, BA. 2, and BA. 5
emerged in waves, with a subvariant replacing the previous one every few months. More …

SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA. 5 and XBB variants have increased neurotropic potential over BA. 1 in K18-hACE2 mice and human brain organoids

R Stewart, K Yan, SA Ellis, CR Bishop… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The reduced pathogenicity of the omicron BA. 1 sub-lineage compared to earlier variants is
well described, although whether such attenuation is retained for later variants like BA. 5 …

Potent neutralization by a RBD antibody with broad specificity for SARS-CoV-2 JN. 1 and other variants

MS Piepenbrink, AM Khalil, A Chang, A Mostafa… - npj Viruses, 2024 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 continues to be a public health burden, driven in-part by its continued
antigenic diversification and resulting emergence of new variants. By increasing herd …

[HTML][HTML] Functional and structural investigation of a broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibody

YH Chang, MF Hsu, WN Chen, MH Wu, WL Kong… - JCI insight, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 has been continuously evolving, hampering the
effectiveness of current vaccines against COVID-19. mAbs can be used to treat patients at …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-resident memory T cells contribute to protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge

A Odle, M Kar, AK Verma, A Sariol, DK Meyerholz… - JCI …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
New vaccine formulations are based on circulating strains of virus, which have tended to
evolve to more readily transmit human to human and to evade the neutralizing antibody …

Characterization of Collaborative Cross mouse founder strain CAST/EiJ as a novel model for lethal COVID-19

CN Baker, D Duso, N Kothapalli, T Hart, S Casey… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) have expanded the viral host range
beyond primates, and a few other mammals, to mice, affording the opportunity to exploit …

Berbamine prevents SARS-CoV-2 entry and transmission

S Sadhu, S Goswami, R Khatri, B Lohiya, V Singh… - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Effective antiviral drugs are essential to combat COVID-19 and future pandemics. Although
many compounds show antiviral in vitro activity, only a few retain effectiveness in vivo …

Omicron BA. 5 infects human brain organoids and is neuroinvasive and lethal in K18-hACE2 mice

R Stewart, SA Ellis, K Yan, T Dumenil, B Tang… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
ABSTRACT A frequently repeated premise is that viruses evolve to become less pathogenic.
This appears also to be true for SARS-CoV-2, although the increased level of immunity in …

Increased neurovirulence of omicron BA. 5 over BA. 1 in human brain organoids and K18-hACE2 mice

R Stewart, S Ellis, K Yan, T Dumenil, C Bishop, B Tang… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
The reduced pathogenicity of the omicron BA. 1 sub-lineage compared to earlier variants is
well described, although whether such attenuation is retained for later variants like BA. 5 …