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Endothelial cells elicit a pro-inflammatory response to SARS-COV-2 without productive viral infection
L. Schimmel, K. Y. Chew, C. Stocks…·K. R. Short
This study shows that endothelial cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 but do not produce infectious virus, instead triggering an inflammatory response through sensing adjacent infections.
DOI 10.1101/2021.02.14.431177