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Coronaviruses, cholesterol and statins: Involvement and application for Covid-19

The infectious power of coronaviruses is dependent on cholesterol present in the membranes of their target cells. Indeed, the virus enters the infected cell either by fusion or by endocytosis, in both cases involving cholesterol-enriched membrane microdomains. These membrane domains can be disorgani...

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Autores principales: Orlowski, Stéphane, Mourad, Jean-Jacques, Gallo, Antonio, Bruckert, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34153377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2021.06.005