Abstract
The most severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often associated with the presence of syncytia in the lungs resulting from cell-cell fusion mediated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. In this issue, Rajah and colleagues show that the SARS-CoV-2 alpha, beta, and delta variants promote enhanced syncytia formation as compared to the original strain.
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The most severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often associated with the presence of syncytia in the lungs resulting from cell–cell fusion mediated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Rajah and colleagues show that the SARS-CoV-2 alpha, beta, and delta variants promote enhanced syncytia formation as compared to the original strain
Summary
HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The most severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often associated with the presence of syncytia in the lungs resulting from cell–cell fusion mediated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Rajah and colleagues show that the SARS-CoV-2 alpha, beta, and delta variants promote enhanced syncytia formation as compared to the original strain.
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