SARS-CoV- 2 spike does not interact with the T cell receptor or directly activate T cells
By Stephanie A. Gaglione et al. Source PNAS Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection can induce multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, which resembles...
Virology, Pathophysiology
Pulmonary microbial spectrum in late-stage SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case series
By Jin-Jing Hong et al. Source springer link Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a kind of respiratory disease caused by severe acute...
Why does severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 attack the aged more severely?
Source JIM In the July 2020 issue of the Journal of Inter- nal Medicine, Wu et al. conducted a retrospective study including 280 confirmed cases of...
CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update, July 19, 2024
Source CDC What to Know In this week’s Spotlight, we include the key findings from the recent Michigan-led study that tested the blood of...
Short-term and long-term stroke risk following SARS-CoV-2 infection in relation to disease severity: a Danish national cohort study
By Camilla Schade Skov et al. Source BMJ ABSTRACT Objectives Studies have reported high incidences of stroke in patients hospitalised with...
Mitochondrial antioxidants abate SARS-COV-2 pathology in mice
By Joseph W. Guarnieri et al. Source PNAS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection inhibits mito- chondrial oxidative...
COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows
Source news-medical In a study recently published in the renowned journal "Allergy", a MedUni Vienna research team shows that COVID-19 leads to...
Differential decline of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody levels, innate and adaptive immune cells, and shift of Th1/ inflammatory to Th2 serum cytokine levels long after first COVID-19
By Bernhard Kratzer et al. Source Wiley Abstract Background SARS-CoV-2 has triggered a pandemic and contributes to long-lasting morbidity. Several...
A glimpse into viral warfare: decoding the intriguing role of highly pathogenic coronavirus proteins in apoptosis regulation
By Leyi Cheng et al. Source BMC Abstract Coronaviruses employ various strategies for survival, among which the activation of endogenous or exogenous...
The interplay of co-infections in shaping COVID-19 severity: Expanding the scope beyond SARS-CoV-2
By Budhadev Baral et al. Source sciencedirect Abstract High mortality has been reported in severe cases of COVID-19. Emerging reports suggested that...