Article
Viral Syncytia Evolve to Resist Interferon
2023-12-13
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2, like many viruses, generates syncytia but the role of syncytia formation in viral evolution remains unknown. Using SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) replacement vesicular stomatitis (VSV), we show that S-mediated syncytia impair the antiviral effects of interferons in cultured cells, human lung cell cultures, and hACE2 transgenic mice. Amino acid substitutions that modulate syncytia formation in Delt...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b7f65dcc-357a-534c-88ba-bdd154d293e3
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.12.12.571262
