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Editorial
. 2024 Apr 1;209(7):779-780.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0067ED.

SARS-CoV-2 Lurking and Lingering in the Depths of Lungs

Rohit Gaurav  1
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Editorial

SARS-CoV-2 Lurking and Lingering in the Depths of Lungs

Rohit Gaurav. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Compartment-specific lingering of detectable replicative SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of mechanically ventilated patients leads to adverse outcomes. Upregulation of GREM1, FGFBP-1, and SDC2 was found in positive individuals with coinfection of several opportunistic bacterial species. FGFBP-1 = fibroblast growth factor–binding protein 1; GREM1 = gremlin 1; SD2 = syndecan-binding protein 2.
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Comment on

  • SARS-CoV-2 Viral Replication Persists in the Human Lung for Several Weeks after Symptom Onset.
    Tomasicchio M, Jaumdally S, Wilson L, Kotze A, Semple L, Meier S, Pooran A, Esmail A, Pillay K, Roberts R, Kriel R, Meldau R, Oelofse S, Mandviwala C, Burns J, Londt R, Davids M, van der Merwe C, Roomaney A, Kühn L, Perumal T, Scott AJ, Hale MJ, Baillie V, Mahtab S, Williamson C, Joseph R, Sigal A, Joubert I, Piercy J, Thomson D, Fredericks DL, Miller MGA, Nunes MC, Madhi SA, Dheda K. Tomasicchio M, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr 1;209(7):840-851. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202308-1438OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024. PMID: 38226855 Free PMC article.

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