Article
Infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 depends on heparan sulfate proteoglycans
2020-08-18
Abstract excerpt
The current pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and outbreaks of new variants highlight the need for preventive treatments. Here we identified heparan sulfate proteoglycans as attachment receptors for SARS-CoV-2. Notably, neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 isolated from COVID-19 patients interfered with SARS-CoV-2 binding to heparan sulfate proteoglycans, which m...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4327f721-d64e-5857-920d-69e40600091e
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.08.18.255810
