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• Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

  Suzuki R, Yamasoba D, Kimura I, Wang L, Kishimoto M, Ito J, Morioka Y, Nao N, Nasser H, Uriu K, Kosugi Y, Tsuda M, Orba Y, Sasaki M, Shimizu R, Kawabata R, Yoshimatsu K, Asakura H, Nagashima M, Sadamasu K, Yoshimura K; Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium; Sawa H, Ikeda T, Irie T, Matsuno K, Tanaka S, Fukuhara T, Sato K. Suzuki R, et al. Nature. 2022 Mar;603(7902):700-705. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04462-1. Epub 2022 Feb 1. Nature. 2022. PMID: 35104835 Free PMC article.
• SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo.

  Hui KPY, Ho JCW, Cheung MC, Ng KC, Ching RHH, Lai KL, Kam TT, Gu H, Sit KY, Hsin MKY, Au TWK, Poon LLM, Peiris M, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW. Hui KPY, et al. Nature. 2022 Mar;603(7902):715-720. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04479-6. Epub 2022 Feb 1. Nature. 2022. PMID: 35104836
• Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity.

  Meng B, Abdullahi A, Ferreira IATM, Goonawardane N, Saito A, Kimura I, Yamasoba D, Gerber PP, Fatihi S, Rathore S, Zepeda SK, Papa G, Kemp SA, Ikeda T, Toyoda M, Tan TS, Kuramochi J, Mitsunaga S, Ueno T, Shirakawa K, Takaori-Kondo A, Brevini T, Mallery DL, Charles OJ; CITIID-NIHR BioResource COVID-19 Collaboration; Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium; Ecuador-COVID19 Consortium; Bowen JE, Joshi A, Walls AC, Jackson L, Martin D, Smith KGC, Bradley J, Briggs JAG, Choi J, Madissoon E, Meyer KB, Mlcochova P, Ceron-Gutierrez L, Doffinger R, Teichmann SA, Fisher AJ, Pizzuto MS, de Marco A, Corti D, Hosmillo M, Lee JH, James LC, Thukral L, Veesler D, Sigal A, Sampaziotis F, Goodfellow IG, Matheson NJ, Sato K, Gupta RK. Meng B, et al. Nature. 2022 Mar;603(7902):706-714. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04474-x. Epub 2022 Feb 1. Nature. 2022. PMID: 35104837 Free PMC article.