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SARS-CoV-2 also uses neuropilin-1 to infect human cells – Drug Target Review
Researchers reveal that SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV because it can use both ACE2 and neuropilin-1 to infect cells.
Posted: 21 October 2020 | Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review) | No comments yet
Researchers reveal that SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV because it can use both ACE2 and neuropilin-1 to infect cells.
In trying to understand why SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is so much more infectious than its predecessor SARS-CoV (which causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), researchers have discovered that it can also use a receptor called neuropilin-1 to infect cells.
The discovery…
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