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SARS-CoV-2 infects adipose tissue in a fat depot- and viral lineage-dependent manner
29 Sept 2022
Abstract excerpt
Visceral adiposity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19, and a link between adipose tissue infection and disease progression has been proposed. Here we demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infects human adipose tissue and undergoes productive infection in fat cells. However, susceptibility to infection and the cellular response depends on the anatomical origin of the cells and the viral lineage. Visceral fat cells express...
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