Neurological complications and infection mechanism of SARS-COV-2

D Wan, T Du, W Hong, L Chen, H Que, S Lu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Currently, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic and threatened many lives.
Although SARS-CoV-2 mainly causes respiratory diseases, growing data indicate that SARS …

The olfactory nerve is not a likely route to brain infection in COVID-19: a critical review of data from humans and animal models

R Butowt, N Meunier, B Bryche, CS von Bartheld - Acta neuropathologica, 2021 - Springer
One of the most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 is the loss of smell and taste. Based on the
lack of expression of the virus entry proteins in olfactory receptor neurons, it was originally …

Live imaging of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice reveals that neutralizing antibodies require Fc function for optimal efficacy

I Ullah, J Prévost, MS Ladinsky, H Stone, M Lu… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are effective in treating COVID-19, but the mechanism of
immune protection is not fully understood. Here, we applied live bioluminescence imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial cell infection and dysfunction, immune activation in severe COVID-19

Z Qin, F Liu, R Blair, C Wang, H Yang, J Mudd… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Pulmonary vascular endotheliitis, perivascular inflammation, and immune
activation are observed in COVID-19 patients. While the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection mainly …

Chronological brain lesions after SARS-CoV-2 infection in hACE2-transgenic mice

E Vidal, C López-Figueroa, J Rodon… - Veterinary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes respiratory
disease, but it can also affect other organs including the central nervous system. Several …

Synthetic heparan sulfate mimetic pixatimod (PG545) potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 by disrupting the spike–ACE2 interaction

SE Guimond, CJ Mycroft-West, NS Gandhi… - ACS central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heparan sulfate (HS) is a cell surface polysaccharide recently identified as a coreceptor with
the ACE2 protein for the S1 spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 virus, providing a tractable new …

HYBRiD: hydrogel-reinforced DISCO for clearing mammalian bodies

V Nudell, Y Wang, Z Pang, NK Lal, M Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The recent development of solvent-and polymer-based brain-clearing techniques has
advanced our ability to visualize the mammalian nervous system in three dimensions …

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant induces enhanced pathology and inflammatory responses in K18-hACE2 mice

KS Lee, TY Wong, BP Russ, AM Horspool, OA Miller… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been fueled by SARS-CoV-2 novel variants of concern (VOC)
that have increased transmissibility, receptor binding affinity, and other properties that …

Mouse models of COVID-19 recapitulate inflammatory pathways rather than gene expression

CR Bishop, T Dumenil, DJ Rawle, TT Le, K Yan… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
How well mouse models recapitulate the transcriptional profiles seen in humans remains
debatable, with both conservation and diversity identified in various settings. Herein we use …

Neuro-axonal damage and alteration of blood–brain barrier integrity in COVID-19 patients

MA Zingaropoli, M Iannetta, L Piermatteo, P Pasculli… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a specific biomarker of neuro-axonal damage. Matrix
metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent enzymes involved in blood–brain barrier …