IMMUNE RESPONSES DURING COVID-19 INFECTION

Immune responses during COVID-19 infection

Over the past 16 years, three coronaviruses (CoVs), severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) in 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV) in 2012 and 2015, and SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, have been causing severe and fatal human epidemics.The unpredictability of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) poses a major burden on health care and e

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An Extracellular Polysaccharide-Rich Organic Layer Contributes to Organization of the Coccosphere in Coccolithophores

Coccolithophores are globally abundant marine microalgae characterized by their ability to form calcite platelets (coccoliths).The coccoliths are produced internally in a Golgi-derived vesicle.Mature coccoliths are extruded from the cell to form a protective covering on the cell surface, known as the here coccosphere.Current evidence indicates that

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Cytomegalovirus-Driven Adaptive-Like Natural Killer Cell Expansions Are Unaffected by Concurrent Chronic Hepatitis Virus Infections

Adaptive-like expansions of natural killer (NK) cell subsets are known to occur in response to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.These expansions are typically made up of NKG2C+ NK cells with particular killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) expression patterns.Such NK cell expansion patterns are also seen in patients with viral hepatit

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