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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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Broad and Differential Animal Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Receptor Usage by SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: Examination of receptor activity of 14 ACE2 orthologs found that wild-type and mutant SARS-CoV-2 lacking the furin cleavage site in S protein could utilize ACE2 from a broad range of animal species to enter host cells and have important implications for understanding potential natural reservoirs, zoonotic transmission, human-to-animal transmission, and use of animal models.
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In Silico Exploration of the Molecular Mechanism of Clinically Oriented Drugs for Possibly Inhibiting SARS-CoV-2's Main Protease.

TL;DR: An important ligand binding mechanism of the Mpro is revealed, demonstrating that the binding stability of a ligand inside the M Pro pocket can be significantly improved if part of the ligand occupies its so-called “anchor” site.
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The SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain elicits a potent neutralizing response without antibody-dependent enhancement

TL;DR: The data suggest that an RBD-based vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 could be safe and effective, and that anti-sera from immunized animals did not mediate antibody-dependent enhancement of S-protein-mediated entry under conditions in which Zika virus ADE was readily observed.
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