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ArticleJournal of medical virology2020

Distinct infection process of SARS-CoV-2 in human bronchial epithelial cell lines.

Yun Liao, Xueqi Li, Tangwei Mou, Xiaofang Zhou, Dandan Li, Lichun Wang, Ying Zhang, Xingqi Dong, Huiwen Zheng, Lei Guo and 8 more

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yun LiaoInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xueqi LiInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Tangwei MouInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xiaofang ZhouAcute Infectious Disease Laboratory, Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Dandan LiInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Lichun WangInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Ying ZhangInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xingqi DongInfectious Disease Laboratory, Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Huiwen ZhengInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Lei GuoInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yan LiangInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Guorun JiangInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Shengtao FanInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xingli XuInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Zhongping XieInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Hongbo ChenInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Longding LiuInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Qihan LiInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medicine Science & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9682-2054
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNYunnan Center for Disease Control And Prevention · CNYunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital · CN

Funding

Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), leads to a series of clinical symptoms of respiratory and pulmonary inflammatory reactions via unknown pathologic mechanisms related to the viral infection process in tracheal or bronchial epithelial cells. Investigation of this viral infection in the human bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBE) suggests that SARS-CoV-2 can enter these cells through interaction between its membrane-localized S protein with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 molecule on the host cell membrane. Further observation indicates distinct viral replication with a dynamic and moderate increase, whereby viral replication does not lead to a specific cytopathic effect but maintains a continuous release of progeny virions from infected cells. Although messenger RNA expression of various innate immune signaling molecules is altered in the cells, transcription of interferons-α (IFN-α), IFN-β, and IFN-γ is unchanged. Furthermore, expression of some interleukins (IL) related to inflammatory reactions, such as IL-6, IL-2, and IL-8, is maintained at low levels, whereas that of ILs involved in immune regulation is upregulated. Interestingly, IL-22, an IL that functions mainly in tissue repair, shows very high expression. Collectively, these data suggest a distinct infection process for this virus in respiratory epithelial cells, which may be linked to its clinicopathological mechanism.

Indexed as

Virus ReplicationAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2BronchiCell LineCOVID-19Cytopathogenic Effect, ViralEpithelial CellsHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukinsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2InterleukinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2ACE2human bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBE)IL-22SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

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