SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein hijacks VEGF-A/Neuropilin-1 receptor signaling to induce analgesia
Aubin Moutal, Laurent Martin, Lisa Boinon, Kimberly Gómez, Dongzhi Ran, Yuan Zhou, Harrison J. Stratton, Song Cai, Shizhen Luo, Kerry Beth Gonzalez, Samantha Perez‐Miller, Amol M. Patwardhan, Mohab M. Ibrahim, Rajesh Khanna
This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein blocks VEGF-A/NRP-1 signaling, reducing pain and potentially contributing to asymptomatic transmission.
Pain · Oct 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience