Heterogeneous Infectivity and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Beta, Delta and Omicron in Transgenic K18-hACE2 and Wildtype Mice

Receptor binding and complex structures of human ACE2 to spike RBD from omicron and delta SARS-CoV-2

(2022) Pengcheng Han et al.   CELL

Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts tropism and fusogenicity

(2022) Bo Meng et al.   NATURE

Considerable escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron to antibody neutralization

(2022) Delphine Planas et al.   NATURE

Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

(2022) Rigel Suzuki et al.   NATURE

Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

(2022) Lihong Liu et al.   NATURE

Modeling SARS-CoV-2: Comparative Pathology in Rhesus Macaque and Golden Syrian Hamster Models

(2022) Shambhunath Choudhary et al.   TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY

The Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variant Omicron with a Doubling Time of 2.0–3.3 Days Can Be Explained by Immune Evasion

(2022) Frederic Grabowski et al.   Viruses-Basel

Trends in Disease Severity and Health Care Utilization During the Early Omicron Variant Period Compared with Previous SARS-CoV-2 High Transmission Periods — United States, December 2020–January 2022

(2022) A. Danielle Iuliano et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank

(2022) Gwenaëlle Douaud et al.   NATURE

Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant

(2022) Nick Andrews et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Neutralization Profile after Recovery from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection

(2022) Annika Rössler et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain

(2021) Eric Song et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

On the origins of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Angela L. Rasmussen   NATURE MEDICINE

Antibody Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7

(2021) Pengfei Wang et al.   NATURE

Functional and genetic analysis of viral receptor ACE2 orthologs reveals a broad potential host range of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Yinghui Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits a rapid neutralizing antibody response that correlates with disease severity

(2021) Benjamin Trinité et al.   Scientific Reports

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the United States suggests presence of four substrains and novel variants

(2021) Rui Wang et al.   Communications Biology

Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Wanwisa Dejnirattisai et al.   CELL

Structural modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike/human ACE2 complex interface can identify high-affinity variants associated with increased transmissibility

(2021) Hin Hark Gan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sensitivity of infectious SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants to neutralizing antibodies

(2021) Delphine Planas et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.429 and B.1.351

(2021) Xiaoying Shen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Identification of Plitidepsin as Potent Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2-Induced Cytopathic Effect After a Drug Repurposing Screen

(2021) Jordi Rodon et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection Increases B.1.1.7 Cross-Neutralization by Vaccinated Individuals

(2021) Benjamin Trinité et al.   Viruses-Basel

Editorial: Revised World Health Organization (WHO) Terminology for Variants of Concern and Variants of Interest of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Dinah V. Parums   MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR

Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts

(2021) Eskild Petersen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) Salim S Abdool Karim et al.   LANCET

Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India

(2021) Mahesh S. Dhar et al.   SCIENCE

Chronological brain lesions after SARS-CoV-2 infection in hACE2-transgenic mice

(2021) Enric Vidal et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Common Laboratory Mice Are Susceptible to Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Beta Variant

(2021) Ravi Kant et al.   Viruses-Basel

Golden Syrian Hamsters as a Model for Revisiting the Role of Biological Sex Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

(2021) Rafael Tomoya Michita et al.   mBio

SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (alpha) and B.1.351 (beta) variants induce pathogenic patterns in K18-hACE2 transgenic mice distinct from early strains

(2021) Peter Radvak et al.   Nature Communications

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants expand species tropism to murines

(2021) Huiping Shuai et al.   EBioMedicine

Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 in transgenic mice expressing human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2

(2020) Ren-Di Jiang et al.   CELL

Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets

(2020) Young-Il Kim et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 in hACE2 transgenic mice

(2020) Linlin Bao et al.   NATURE

SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020

(2020) Nadia Oreshkova et al.   Eurosurveillance

Syrian hamsters as a small animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection and countermeasure development

(2020) Masaki Imai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 in BALB/c mice for testing vaccine efficacy

(2020) Hongjing Gu et al.   SCIENCE

The expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and CD147, and protease TMPRSS2 in human and mouse brain cells and mouse brain tissues

(2020) Jialu Qiao et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

A Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2 Induces Acute Lung Injury and Mortality in Standard Laboratory Mice

(2020) Sarah R. Leist et al.   CELL

Animal models for COVID-19

(2020) César Muñoz-Fontela et al.   NATURE

SARS-CoV-2 infection of human ACE2-transgenic mice causes severe lung inflammation and impaired function

(2020) Emma S. Winkler et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Genetically modified mouse models to help fight COVID-19

(2020) Channabasavaiah B. Gurumurthy et al.   Nature Protocols

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain

(2020) Joaquim Segalés et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein has a broad tropism for mammalian ACE2 proteins

(2020) Carina Conceicao et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

FoldX 5.0: Working with RNA, small molecules and a new graphical interface

(2019) Javier Delgado et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Jumping species—a mechanism for coronavirus persistence and survival

(2017) Vineet D Menachery et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

An orthopoxvirus-based vaccine reduces virus excretion after MERS-CoV infection in dromedary camels

(2015) B. L. Haagmans et al.   SCIENCE