Non-permissive SARS-CoV-2 infection in human neurospheres
Carolina da S. G. Pedrosa, Livia Goto‐Silva, Jairo Ramos Temerozo, Letícia R. Q. Souza, Gabriela Vitória, Isis Moraes Ornelas, Karina Karmirian, Mayara Abud Mendes, Ismael Carlos da Silva Gomes, Carolina Q. Sacramento, Natalia Fintelman Rodrigues, Vinícius Cardoso Soares, Suelen da Silva Gomes Dias, José Alexandre Salerno, Teresa Puig‐Pijuan, , Marília Zaluar P. Guimarães
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 infection of human neural cells is non-permissive but causes inflammation and cell damage, suggesting neural damage in COVID-19 is due to systemic inflammation rather than direct viral replication.
Stem Cell Research · Jun 20, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience