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SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

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It is demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 uses the SARS -CoV receptor ACE2 for entry and the serine protease TMPRSS2 for S protein priming, and it is shown that the sera from convalescent SARS patients cross-neutralized Sars-2-S-driven entry.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2020-04-16 and is currently open access. It has received 15362 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Proteases.

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Antiviral Activity of Type I, II, and III Interferons Counterbalances ACE2 Inducibility and Restricts SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: Property of type I (β), II (γ), and III (λ1) interferons (IFNs), potent immune cytokines that are normally produced during infection and that upregulate IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) effectors to limit virus replication, are investigated.
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Sex differences in COVID-19: the role of androgens in disease severity and progression.

TL;DR: Androgen sensitivity may be a critical factor in determining COVID-19 disease severity, and sensitivity tests can, therefore, help in predicting patient outcomes.
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A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research.

TL;DR: The SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics toolkit as discussed by the authors can be used to rescue infectious virus through transient transfection (without in vitro transcription or additional expression plasmids).
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Potential harmful effects of discontinuing ACE-inhibitors and ARBs in COVID-19 patients.

TL;DR: Therapeutic considerations how to increase soluble ACE-2 in plasma in order forACE-2 to capture and thereby inactivate SARS-CoV-2 are proposed and discussed.
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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019.

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A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

TL;DR: Identification and characterization of a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China, and it is shown that this virus belongs to the species of SARSr-CoV, indicates that the virus is related to a bat coronav virus.
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