Lessons from the host defences of bats, a unique viral reservoir

AT Irving, M Ahn, G Goh, DE Anderson, LF Wang - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
There have been several major outbreaks of emerging viral diseases, including Hendra,
Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …

The science underlying COVID-19: implications for the cardiovascular system

PP Liu, A Blet, D Smyth, H Li - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected health and economy
worldwide on an unprecedented scale. Patients have diverse clinical outcomes, but those …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses

ZW Ye, S Yuan, KS Yuen, SY Fung… - International journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mutation and adaptation have driven the co-evolution of coronaviruses (CoVs) and their
hosts, including human beings, for thousands of years. Before 2003, two human CoVs …

A tug-of-war between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and host antiviral defence: lessons from other pathogenic viruses

SY Fung, KS Yuen, ZW Ye, CP Chan… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The virus …

Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence

M Letko, SN Seifert, KJ Olival, RK Plowright… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

Bats and coronaviruses

A Banerjee, K Kulcsar, V Misra, M Frieman, K Mossman - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bats are speculated to be reservoirs of several emerging viruses including coronaviruses
(CoVs) that cause serious disease in humans and agricultural animals. These include CoVs …

Decoding type I and III interferon signalling during viral infection

EV Mesev, RA LeDesma, A Ploss - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral responses are central to host defence against viral
infection. Despite the existence of at least 20 IFNs, there are only three known cell surface …

Novel insights into immune systems of bats

A Banerjee, ML Baker, K Kulcsar, V Misra… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, viruses similar to those that cause serious disease in humans and other
mammals have been detected in apparently healthy bats. These include filoviruses …

[HTML][HTML] Binding and molecular basis of the bat coronavirus RaTG13 virus to ACE2 in humans and other species

K Liu, X Pan, L Li, F Yu, A Zheng, P Du, P Han, Y Meng… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading
worldwide, causing a global pandemic. Bat-origin RaTG13 is currently the most …

Dampened NLRP3-mediated inflammation in bats and implications for a special viral reservoir host

M Ahn, DE Anderson, Q Zhang, CW Tan, BL Lim… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bats are special in their ability to host emerging viruses. As the only flying mammal, bats
endure high metabolic rates yet exhibit elongated lifespans. It is currently unclear whether …