ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2022
The Role of Host Cell Glycans on Virus Infectivity: The SARS-CoV-2 Case.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Plant Lectin, MoMo30, Pressures HIV-1 to Select for Variants with Deleted N-Linked Glycosylation Sites.Viruses · 2025Article
- The multivalency game ruling the biology of immunity.Biophysics reviews · 2023Review
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- The Role of Host Cell Glycans on Virus Infectivity: The SARS-CoV-2 Case.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- A Multiscale Study of Phosphorylcholine Driven Cellular Phenotypic Targeting.ACS central science · 2022Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Glycans are ubiquitously expressed sugars, coating the cell and protein surfaces. They are found on many proteins as either short and branched chains or long chains sticking out from special membrane proteins, known as proteoglycans. This sugar cushion, the glycocalyx, modulates specific interactions and protects the cell. Here it is shown that both the expression of proteoglycans and the glycans expressed on the surface of both the host and virus proteins have a critical role in modulating viral attachment to the cell. A mathematical model using SARS-Cov-2 as an archetypical virus to study the glycan role during infection is proposed. It is shown that this occurs via a tug-of-war of forces. On one side, the multivalent molecular recognition that viral proteins have toward specific host glycans and receptors. On the other side, the glycan steric repulsion that a virus must overcome to approach such specific receptors. By balancing both interactions, viral tropism can be predicted. In other words, the authors can map out the cells susceptible to virus infection in terms of receptors and proteoglycans compositions.
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