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SARS-CoV-2 Infects Peripheral Sensory Neurons and Promotes Axonal Degeneration via TRPV1 Activation
Vanessa Anna Co, Siwen Liu, Rachel Chun-Yee Tam…·Yiling Hong
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 infects sensory neurons via ACE2 and TRPV1, causing axonal damage, and that TRPV1 antagonists can protect neurons.
DOI 10.1101/2025.03.06.641885