The role of autophagy in viral infections

T Chen, S Tu, L Ding, M Jin, H Chen, H Zhou - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic cellular process that exerts antiviral
functions during a viral invasion. However, co-evolution and co-adaptation between viruses …

Possible pathogenesis and prevention of long COVID: SARS-CoV-2-induced mitochondrial disorder

TH Chen, CJ Chang, PH Hung - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may
experience chronic fatigue when exercising, despite no obvious heart or lung abnormalities …

Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts

JW Guarnieri, JM Dybas, H Fazelinia, MS Kim… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral proteins bind to host
mitochondrial proteins, likely inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and stimulating …

NSP4 and ORF9b of SARS-CoV-2 induce pro-inflammatory mitochondrial DNA release in inner membrane-derived vesicles

MI Faizan, R Chaudhuri, S Sagar, S Albogami… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA (cf-mtDNA) has been found in the plasma of
severely ill COVID-19 patients and is now known as a strong predictor of mortality. However …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mitochondriopathy in COVID-19 pneumonia exacerbates hypoxemia

SL Archer, A Dasgupta, KH Chen, D Wu, K Baid… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-
19 pneumonia. We hypothesize that SARS-CoV-2 causes alveolar injury and hypoxemia by …

Long COVID-19 and the heart: is cardiac mitochondria the missing link?

X Chang, NI Ismail, A Rahman, D Xu… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Although corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now gradually been
categorized as an endemic, the long-term effect of COVID-19 in causing multiorgan …

Perturbation of the host cell Ca2+ homeostasis and ER-mitochondria contact sites by the SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins E and M

E Poggio, F Vallese, AJW Hartel, TJ Morgenstern… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the
SARS-CoV-2 virus. The clinical phenotypes are variable, ranging from spontaneous …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication kinetics in different human cell types: The role of autophagy, cellular metabolism and ACE2 expression

CS Bartolomeo, RMR Lemes, RL Morais, GC Pereria… - Life sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims This study evaluated SARS-CoV-2 replication in human cell lines derived from various
tissues and investigated molecular mechanisms related to viral infection susceptibility and …

Limiting Mrs2-dependent mitochondrial Mg2+ uptake induces metabolic programming in prolonged dietary stress

TR Madaris, M Venkatesan, S Maity, MC Stein… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The most abundant cellular divalent cations, Mg 2+(mM) and Ca 2+(nM-μM),
antagonistically regulate divergent metabolic pathways with several orders of magnitude …

Multifaceted functions of Drp1 in hypoxia/ischemia-induced mitochondrial quality imbalance: from regulatory mechanism to targeted therapeutic strategy

S Hao, H Huang, RY Ma, X Zeng, CY Duan - Military Medical Research, 2023 - Springer
Hypoxic-ischemic injury is a common pathological dysfunction in clinical settings.
Mitochondria are sensitive organelles that are readily damaged following ischemia and …