Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic

Nature. 2020 May;581(7806):22-26. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01315-7.
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Keywords: Diseases; Immunology; Medical research; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
  • COVID-19
  • Chiroptera / virology
  • Coronavirus / genetics
  • Coronavirus / immunology
  • Coronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Coronavirus / pathogenicity
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Eutheria / virology
  • Furin / metabolism
  • Host Specificity
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung / virology
  • Mutation
  • Organ Specificity
  • Pandemics*
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / metabolism
  • Pharynx / pathology
  • Pharynx / virology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / virology
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Saliva / virology
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / chemistry
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / metabolism
  • Virus Replication
  • Virus Shedding
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / transmission
  • Zoonoses / virology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
  • ACE2 protein, human
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Furin