The neuroinvasiveness, neurotropism, and neurovirulence of SARS-CoV-2

L Bauer, BM Laksono, FMS de Vrij, SA Kushner… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with
a diverse spectrum of neurological complications during the acute and postacute stages …

Human organoid models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Han, L Yang, LA Lacko, S Chen - Nature Methods, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulation of brain and choroid plexus cell types in severe COVID-19

AC Yang, F Kern, PM Losada, MR Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Although SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory system, patients with and survivors of
COVID-19 can suffer neurological symptoms 1, 2, 3. However, an unbiased understanding …

SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood–brain barrier accompanied with basement membrane disruption without tight junctions alteration

L Zhang, L Zhou, L Bao, J Liu, H Zhu, Q Lv… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to show a capacity for invading the brains of humans and
model animals. However, it remains unclear whether and how SARS-CoV-2 crosses the …

Reverse-transcribed SARS-CoV-2 RNA can integrate into the genome of cultured human cells and can be expressed in patient-derived tissues

L Zhang, A Richards, MI Barrasa… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Prolonged detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
RNA and recurrence of PCR-positive tests have been widely reported in patients after …

Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain

E Song, C Zhang, B Israelow, A Lu-Culligan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Although COVID-19 is considered to be primarily a respiratory disease, SARS-CoV-2 affects
multiple organ systems including the central nervous system (CNS). Yet, there is no …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids

J Jansen, KC Reimer, JS Nagai, FS Varghese… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Kidney failure is frequently observed during and after COVID-19, but it remains elusive
whether this is a direct effect of the virus. Here, we report that SARS-CoV-2 directly infects …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Human lung stem cell-based alveolospheres provide insights into SARS-CoV-2-mediated interferon responses and pneumocyte dysfunction

H Katsura, V Sontake, A Tata, Y Kobayashi… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Coronavirus infection causes diffuse alveolar damage leading to acute respiratory distress
syndrome. The absence of ex vivo models of human alveolar epithelium is hindering an …

Receptome profiling identifies KREMEN1 and ASGR1 as alternative functional receptors of SARS-CoV-2

Y Gu, J Cao, X Zhang, H Gao, Y Wang, J Wang, J He… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Host cellular receptors play key roles in the determination of virus tropism and pathogenesis.
However, little is known about SARS-CoV-2 host receptors with the exception of ACE2 …