Cell fusion as a link between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, COVID-19 complications, and vaccine side effects

A distinctive feature of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is its ability to efficiently fuse cells, thus producing syncytia found in COVID-19 patients. This commentary proposes how this ability enables spike to cause COVID-19 complications as well as side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and suggests how t...

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Autor principal: Lazebnik, Yuri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2021
Materias:
Research Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8664391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917266
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28088
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Sumario:A distinctive feature of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is its ability to efficiently fuse cells, thus producing syncytia found in COVID-19 patients. This commentary proposes how this ability enables spike to cause COVID-19 complications as well as side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and suggests how these effects can be prevented.

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