Angelica L. Morgan

The paper shows how SARS-CoV-2 variants, particularly Omicron, evolved proteolytic controls at the Spike furin cleavage site to enhance transmission while reducing lower respiratory tract pathogenicity.

This study shows that disrupting both NSP3 and nucleocapsid SG antagonism reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication and disease, suggesting stress granule activation as a therapeutic target.

This study shows SARS-CoV-2 NSP15 (EndoU) regulates RNA recombination and viral fitness, with its loss reducing replication but increasing inflammation and defective genomes.

This study shows that the furin cleavage site (FCS) is essential for SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis but not for transmission, as a mutant lacking FCS was transmissible in hamsters but caused less severe disease.