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. 2022 Mar;22(3):144.
doi: 10.1038/s41577-022-00681-9.

Omicron entry route

Luisanna Pia  1 , Sarah Rowland-Jones  2
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Omicron entry route

Luisanna Pia et al. Nat Rev Immunol. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Three recent preprints investigate the entry route of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant into host cells and its cellular and host tropism.

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Original articles

    1. Meng, B. et al. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mediated immune escape, infectivity and cell-cell fusion. Preprint at bioRxivhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.17.473248v2 (2021) - DOI
    1. Peacock, T. et al. The SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, shows rapid replication in human primary nasal epithelial cultures and efficiently uses the endosomal route of entry. Preprint at bioRxivhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.31.474653v1 (2022) - DOI
    1. Willett, B. et al. The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism. Preprint at medRxivhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.03.21268111v1 (2022) - DOI

Related article

    1. Pia, L. et al. Preprint Journal Club PreprintClubhttps://www.preprintclub.com/2022-jan-willett (2022)

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