SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cells of human retinal organoids
Yotam Menuchin-Lasowski, André Schreiber, Aarón Lecanda, Angeles Mecate‐Zambrano, Linda Brunotte, Olympia Ekaterini Psathaki, Stephan Ludwig, Thomas Rauen, Hans Robert Schöler
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 can infect and replicate in retinal organoids, affecting photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cells, and induces inflammatory gene expression.
Stem Cell Reports · Mar 24, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology