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Binding of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein to uninfected epithelial cells induces antibody-mediated complement deposition
2024-03-18
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers strong antibody response toward Nucleocapsid-Protein (NP), suggesting extracellular presence beyond its intra-virion RNA binding. Interestingly, NP was found to decorate infected and proximal uninfected cell-surfaces. Here, we propose a new mechanism through which extracellular NP on uninfected cells contributes to COVID-19 pathogenicity. We show that NP binds to cell-surface sulfated...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d969225a-934c-58ec-961e-2d4b937555ad
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.03.17.585388
