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SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Hijack IFITM2 for Efficient Replication in Human Lung Cells
11 May 2022
Abstract excerpt
Recent data indicate that SARS-CoV-2 requires endogenously expressed IFITM proteins for efficient infection. However, the results were obtained with an early SARS-CoV-2 isolate. Thus, it remained to be determined whether IFITMs are also important cofactors for infection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 VOCs that outcompeted the original strains in the meantime. This includes the Omicron VOC, which currently dominates the...
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