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Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudotyped virus by recombinant ACE2-Ig.
Nature communications - 24 Apr 2020
Lei Changhai, Qian Kewen, Li Tian, Zhang Sheng, Fu Wenyan, Ding Min, Hu Shi
Abstract excerpt
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, and there are currently no specific antiviral treatments or vaccines available. SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to use the same cell entry receptor as SARS-CoV, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). In this report, we generate a recombinant protein by connecting the extracellular domain of human ACE2 to the Fc...
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