Eicosanoid signalling blockade protects middle-aged mice from severe COVID-19
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is especially severe in aged populations 1. Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are highly effective, but vaccine efficacy is partly compromised by the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with enhanced transmissibility 2. The emergence of these variants emphasizes the need for further development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 therapies, especially for aged populations. Here we describe the isolation of highly virulent mouse-adapted viruses and use them to test a new therapeutic drug in infected aged animals. Many of the alterations observed in SARS-CoV-2 during mouse adaptation (positions 417, 484, 493, 498 and 501 of the spike protein) also arise in humans in variants of concern 2. Their appearance during mouse adaptation indicates that immune pressure is not required for selection. For murine SARS, for which severity is also age dependent, elevated levels of an eicosanoid (prostaglandin D 2 (PGD 2)) and a phospholipase (phospholipase A2 group 2D (PLA 2 G2D)) contributed to poor outcomes in aged mice 3,4. mRNA expression of PLA 2 G2D and prostaglandin D 2 receptor (PTGDR), and production of PGD 2 also increase with ageing and after SARS-CoV-2 infection in dendritic cells derived from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Using our mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2, we show that middle-aged mice lacking expression of PTGDR or PLA 2 G2D are protected from severe disease. Furthermore, treatment with a PTGDR antagonist, asapiprant, protected aged mice from lethal infection. PTGDR antagonism is one of the first interventions in SARS-CoV-2-infected animals that specifically protects aged animals, suggesting that the PLA 2 G2D-PGD 2/PTGDR pathway is a useful target for therapeutic interventions.
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Levels of PGD2 and related prostaglandins were increased in older individuals and in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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“Based on a BAC-based reverse genetic system of SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1 (pBAC SARS-CoV-2) 37,38 , we constructed a saturation mutagenesis library that contained all possible single amino acid mutations in the bFP and FPPR (residues 816 – 855) of the SARS-CoV-2 S, as well as the eight residues…”
MethodInfluentialSelf-citationDavis, M. A., Voss, K., Turnbull, J. B., Gustin, A. T., Knoll, M. L., Muruato, A. E., Hsiang, T.-Y., Dinnon, K. H., Leist, S. R., Nickel, K., et al. (2022) · Vaccines · doi:10.3390/vaccines11010047 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
“Compared to the few studies in C57BL/6 mice, the most comprehensive early studies with mouse-adapted strains characterized infection in Balb/c mice [3,7,11,13] which do not permit the vast number of genetic screens that are possible with transgenic and gene knockout lines on the C57BL/6 background.”
MethodResultProstanoids in Cardiac and Vascular Remodeling
Ricciotti, E., Haines, P. G., Chai, W., & FitzGerald, G. A. (2024) · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · doi:10.1161/atvbaha.123.320045 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Nirmatrelvir treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected mice blunts antiviral adaptive immune responses
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Self-citationOptimising vaccine immunogenicity in ageing populations: key strategies
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Self-citationHonrubia, J. M., Gutierrez-Alvarez, F. J., Sanz‐Bravo, A., González-Miranda, E., Muñoz‐Santos, D., Castaño-Rodríguez, C., Wang, L., Villarejo-Torres, M., Ripoll-Gómez, J., Esteban, A., et al. (2023) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.03136-22 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Self-citationSARS-CoV-2-specific immunoglobulin Y antibodies are protective in infected mice
El-Kafrawy, S. A., Odle, A. E., Abbas, A. T., Hassan, A. M., Abdel-dayem, U. A., Qureshi, A. K., Wong, L.-Y. R., Zheng, J. H., Meyerholz, D. K., Perlman, S. M., et al. (2022) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010782 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“Lung homogenates were aliquoted into micro tubes and kept at -80˚C. Infection of BALB/c mice with SARS2-N501YMA30 and anti-RBD IgY treatment Forty-eight male and fifty-four 8–10 week old female BALB/c mice were used in this study.”
MethodInfluentialSelf-citationCOVID-19, Blood Lipid Changes, and Thrombosis
Farooqui, A. A., Farooqui, T., Sun, G. Y., Lin, T., Teh, D. B. L., & Ong, W. (2023) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines11041181 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“COVID-19 disease severity was significantly reduced in aged mice that lacked sPLA2-IID or the prostaglandin D2 receptor DP1; treatment with a DP1 antagonist, asapiprant, protected these mice from lethal COVID19 infection [69].”
BackgroundActivated T Cells Break Tumor Immunosuppression by Macrophage Reeducation
Trotta, R., Rivis, S., Zhao, S., Orban, M., Cafarello, S. T., Charatsidou, I., Poźniak, J., Dehairs, J., Vanheer, L., Pulido-Vicuña, C. A., et al. (2025) · Cancer Discovery · doi:10.1158/2159-8290.cd-24-0415 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Considering innate immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19
Diamond, M., Lambris, J. D., Ting, J. P. ‐., & Tsang, J. S. (2022) · Nature reviews. Immunology · doi:10.1038/s41577-022-00744-x · Cited by 21 · see citing works
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“ical molecules in COVID-19 pathogenesis (63, 64).”
Evidence of antigenic drift in the fusion machinery core of SARS-CoV-2 spike
Tan, T. J. C., Verma, A. K., Odle, A. E., Lei, R., Meyerholz, D. K., Matreyek, K. A., Perlman, S. M., Wong, L.-Y. R., & Wu, N. C. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2317222121 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Self-citationWang, C., Khatun, M. S., Ellsworth, C. R., Chen, Z., Islamuddin, M., Vidal, A. K. N., Alam, M. A., Liu, S., McCombs, J. E., Maness, N. J., et al. (2024) · Communications Biology · doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06872-5 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
“Mice were infected intranasally with SARS-CoV-2 (2 X 10 5 TCID50 for acute lethal dose infection or 1 X 10 4 TCID50 for sub-lethal dose infection) in an ABSL3 facility.”
InfluentialEmerging role of complement in COVID-19 and other respiratory virus diseases
Xiao, M. T., Ellsworth, C. R., & Qin, X. (2024) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-024-05157-8 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
“Among other differences, the MA30 strain showed spike protein mutations, including Q498R, Q493R, and K417M, all of which are suspected to enhance mACE2 binding [131].”
BackgroundInfluentialDynamic behavior and lineage plasticity of the pulmonary venous endothelium
Wong, J., Zhao, G., Adams‐Tzivelekidis, S., Wen, H., Chandrasekaran, P., Michki, S. N., Gentile, M. E., Singh, M., Kass-Gergi, S., Mendoza, M., et al. (2024) · Nature Cardiovascular Research · doi:10.1038/s44161-024-00573-2 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“Largely pheno-copying our observations in post-infection lungs, TdTomato + ECs exhibited dramatic branching after MA30 SARS-CoV-2 infection (Extended Data Fig.”
InfluentialGoepp, M., Milburn, J. V., Zhang, B., Dong, Y., Tyrrell, V. J., Zheng, X., Marshall, J. M., Bolsega, S., Basic, M., Glendinning, L., et al. (2025) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.014 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Self-citationHu, B., Chan, J. F., Liu, Y., Liu, H., Chen, Y., Shuai, H., Hu, Y., Hartnoll, M., Chen, L., Xia, Y., et al. (2023) · EBioMedicine · doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104916 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Shi, J., Zheng, J. H., Zhang, X., Tai, W., Odle, A. E., Perlman, S. M., & Du, L. (2022) · Translational research · doi:10.1016/j.trsl.2022.04.007 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“At 70 days post-2nd immunization, the vaccinated mice were intranasally challenged with SARS2-N501YMA30 (a virulent mouseadapted strain of SARS-CoV-2, 5£103 PFU/mouse, in 50 mL DMEM), and observed for 2 weeks for survival and body weight changes.(27,29,30) Mouse sera collected at 10 days post-last immunization or befo…”
MethodSelf-citationPlatelet-derived integrin- and tetraspanin-enriched tethers exacerbate severe inflammation
Kusch, C., Stegner, D., Weiss, L. J., Nurden, P., Burkard, P., Johnson, D., Bergmeier, W., Onursal, C., Navarro, S., Hackenbroch, C., et al. (2026) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.adu2825 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
“The mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain rSARS-CoV-2-N501YMA30 (51) was propagated in Vero E6-TMPRSS2 cells for 48–73 hours and titrated by plaque assay under biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) conditions.”
The nervous system during COVID ‐19: Caught in the crossfire
Natale, N. R., Lukens, J. R., & Petri, W. A. (2022) · Immunological Reviews · doi:10.1111/imr.13114 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
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“Consistent with the report with another mouse-adapted virus strain generated independently [79], the CMAp20 mouse-adapted virus demonstrated stronger pathogenicity in Balb/c mice than that in C57BL/6 mice (Fig 11A and 11B).”
ResultAdaptive variations in SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins: effects on distinct virus-cell entry stages
Qing, E., & Gallagher, T. (2023) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.00171-23 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
COVID-19 and influenza infections mediate distinct pulmonary cellular and transcriptomic changes
Wang, C., Khatun, M. S., Zhang, Z., Allen, M. J., Chen, Z., Ellsworth, C. R., Currey, J. M., Dai, G., Tian, D., Bach, K., et al. (2023) · Communications Biology · doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05626-z · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“The dissection of the questions requires the use of multiple approaches including in vitro cell culture system 54 , human organoid method 58,59 , our model reported here, other mouse-adapted SARS-CoV2 strains such as MA10 or MA30, and human Flu and COVID patient samples 56,60,61 .”
Pan-beta-coronavirus subunit vaccine prevents SARS-CoV-2 Omicron, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV challenge
Wang, G., Verma, A. K., Guan, X., Bu, F., Odle, A. E., Li, F., Liu, B., Perlman, S. M., & Du, L. (2024) · Journal of Virology · doi:10.1128/jvi.00376-24 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Self-citationTissue-resident memory T cells contribute to protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge
Odle, A. E., Kar, M., Verma, A. K., Sariol, A., Meyerholz, D. K., Suthar, M. S., Wong, L.-Y. R., & Perlman, S. M. (2024) · JCI Insight · doi:10.1172/jci.insight.184074 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“Consequently, the ancestral S protein was removed from the latest vaccine formulations, which express a single Omicron S protein (XBB.1.5 JN.1 or KP.2).”
InfluentialSelf-citationdos Reis, L. M., Berçot, M. R., Castelucci, B. G., Martins, A. J. E., Castro, G., & Moraes‐Vieira, P. M. (2023) · Viruses · doi:10.3390/v15020525 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
“worsened in aged individuals [59] and associated with high expression of PGD2 receptor 1 (DP1) by cDCs in mice [60,61].”
BackgroundEwart, G. D., Bobardt, M. D., Bentzen, B. H., Yan, Y., Thomson, A., Klumpp, K., Becker, S. L., ROSENKILDE, M. M., Miller, M., & Gallay, P. A. (2023) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1011328 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
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Identification of FasL as a crucial host factor driving COVID-19 pathology and lethality
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“Drugs or nutrients that can enhance the resilience are particularly beneficial to the health of aging people, especially in the current COVID-19 epidemic (5, 6).”
BackgroundDavis, M., Voss, K., Turnbull, J. B., Gustin, A. T., Knoll, M. L., Muruato, A. E., Hsiang, T.-Y., Dinnon, K. H., Leist, S. R., Nickel, K., et al. (2022) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2194450/v1 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth
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Untangle the mystery behind DS-associated AD – Is APP the main protagonist?
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The Roles of sPLA2s in Skin Homeostasis and Disease
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Self-citationChanges in the innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2 with advancing age in humans
Agrawal, S., Tran, M., Jennings, T. S. K., Soliman, M. M. H., Heo, S., Sasson, B., Rahmatpanah, F. B., & Agrawal, A. (2024) · Immunity & Ageing · doi:10.1186/s12979-024-00426-3 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
“Moreover, increased levels of eicosanoid prostaglandin D 2 and phospholipase PLA 2 G2D were linked with poor outcomes in aged mice [65].”
BackgroundMontoya, B., Melo‐Silva, C. R., Tang, L., Kafle, S., Lidskiy, P., Bajusz, C., Vadovics, M., Muramatsu, H., Ábrahám, E., Lipinszki, Z., et al. (2024) · Molecular Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.04.019 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Enhanced complement activation and MAC formation accelerates severe COVID-19
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SIRT2 suppresses aging-associated cGAS activation and protects aged mice from severe COVID-19
Barthez, M., Xue, B., Zheng, J., Wang, Y., Song, Z., Mu, W., Wang, C.-L., Guo, J., Yang, F., Ma, Y., et al. (2025) · Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115562 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
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CXCL12 ameliorates neutrophilia and disease severity in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Zheng, J. H., Dhakal, H., Qing, E., Shrestha, R., Geller, A. E., Morrissey, S. M., Saxena, D., Hu, X., Li, H., Li, H., et al. (2025) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci188222 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“To generate a virulent mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2, we inserted the N501Y mutation into the SARS-CoV-2 genome using reverse genetics and passaged this mutant virus through mouse lungs (32).”
InfluentialSelf-citationMurthy, A., Rodríguez, L. R., Dimopoulos, T. T., Bui, S., Iyer, S., Chavez, K., Tomer, Y., Abraham, V., Cooper, C., Renner, D. M., et al. (2024) · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajplung.00324.2023 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Upregulation of inflammatory genes and pathways links obesity to severe COVID-19
Currey, J. M., Ellsworth, C. R., Khatun, M. S., Wang, C., Chen, Z., Liu, S., Midkiff, C. C., Xiao, M. T., Ren, M., Liu, F., et al. (2024) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167322 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
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Self-citationCell-autonomous requirement for ACE2 across organs in lethal mouse SARS-CoV-2 infection
Tang, A. T., Buchholz, D. W., Szigety, K. M., Imbiakha, B., Gao, S., Frankfurter, M., Wang, M., Yang, J., Hewins, P., Mericko-Ishizuka, P., et al. (2023) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001989 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“Similarly, wild-type mice infected with a SARS-CoV-2 virus in which a single amino acid change mutation in the spike protein (D614G) enables efficient infection and transmission do not exhibit severe disease [73], but severe disease and lethality is conferred by a more heavily mutated virus generated by multiple round…”
BackgroundUniversal subunit vaccine protects against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants and SARS-CoV
Wang, G., Verma, A. K., Shi, J., Guan, X., Meyerholz, D. K., Bu, F., Wen, W., Liu, B., Li, F., Perlman, S. M., et al. (2024) · npj Vaccines · doi:10.1038/s41541-024-00922-z · Cited by 10 · see citing works
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“For instance, the prototype virus [55] and early variants such as D614G [66], N501Y [67], and Delta [68] are likely to induce robust cytokine storm.”
BackgroundSARS-CoV-2 Mac1 is required for IFN antagonism and efficient virus replication in micePreprint
Alhammad, Y. M. O., Parthasarathy, S., Ghimire, R., O’Connor, J. J., Kerr, C. M., Pfannenstiel, J. J., Chanda, D., Miller, C. A., Unckless, R. L., Zúñiga, S., et al. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.04.06.535927 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“These include the WT-SARS-CoV-2 BAC based off the Wuhan-Hu-1 isolate provided by Sonia Zuñiga, Li Wang, Isabel Sola and Luis Enjuanes (CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain) (59), a MERS-CoV BAC based of the EMC isolate (48), and an MHV BAC based on the JHMV isolate (26).”
MethodSelf-citationReview of impaired immune parameters in RSV infections in the elderly
Miller, J. L., & Niewiesk, S. (2025) · Virology · doi:10.1016/j.virol.2025.110395 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Andrade, A. C. D. S. P., Lacasse, É., Dubuc, I., Gudimard, L., Gravel, A., Puhm, F., Campolina-Silva, G. H., Queiroz‐Junior, C. M., Allaeys, I., Prunier, J., et al. (2025) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2420441122 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
“Our study revealed an increase in prostaglandin production throughout the infection, with PGE 2 and TXA 2 (assessed by quantitating TXB 2 ) showing a positive correlation with lung inflammation, as demonstrated in other studies ( 17 , 18 , 54 ).”
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“…mediators from EVs or through other mechanisms. sPLA 2 -IID-deficient mice are protected against lung injury caused by infection with influenza or coronavirus (CoV), including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)- CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome -CoV, and pandemic SARS-CoV-2 (42, 43).”
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The Metabolic Signature of AML Cells Treated With Homoharringtonine
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DeDiego, M. L., Portilla, Y., Daviu, N., López-García, D., Villamayor, L., Vázquez-Utrilla, P., Mulens‐Arias, V., Pérez-Yagüe, S., Nogales, A., Ovejero, J. G., et al. (2024) · International Journal of Nanomedicine · doi:10.2147/ijn.s475323 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Self-citationRavindran, R. K., O’Connor, E., Gupta, A., Luciw, P. A., Khan, A. I., Dorreh, N., Chiang, K. C., Ikram, A., & Reddy, S. T. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241713054 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“With regards to COVID-19 pathophysiology, blockage of eicosanoid signaling protects mice from severe disease, and apoA-I mimetics attenuate replication of the virus, apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in vitro [33,34].”
BackgroundJing, H. C., Cao, X., LI, K., Liu, Y., Meng, M., Liu, S., Ye, M., Zhang, J., & Wu, Y. (2024) · Scandinavian Journal of Immunology · doi:10.1111/sji.13393 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“33 The involvement of PLA2G2D in inflammation and immune responses was mentioned in numerous studies.”
Self-citationDmytrenko, O., Das, S., Kovács, A. D., Cicka, M., Liu, M., Scheaffer, S. M., Bredemeyer, A. L., Mack, M., Diamond, M., & Lavine, K. J. (2024) · Journal of Virology · doi:10.1128/jvi.01179-24 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Contrasting roles of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 internal proteins in pathogenesis in mice
Wong, L.-Y. R., Odle, A. E., Luhmann, E. K., Wu, D. C., Wang, Y., Teo, Q. W., Ptak, C. C., Sariol, A., Lowery, S. A., Mack, M., et al. (2023) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02476-23 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Self-citationLi, P.-F., Kim, Y., Dampalla, C. S., Nguyen, H. N., Meyerholz, D., Johnson, D. K., Lovell, S., Groutas, W., Perlman, S., & Chang, K.-O. (2023) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02878-23 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Self-citationDisruption of immune responses by type 1 diabetes exacerbates SARS-CoV-2 mediated lung injury
Kass-Gergi, S., Gan, Z., Wong, J., Weiner, A. I., Adams‐Tzivelekidis, S., Gentile, M. E., Mendoza, M., Holcomb, N. P., Li, X., Singh, M., et al. (2024) · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajplung.00250.2024 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Pan, R., Meyerholz, D. K., & Perlman, S. M. (2023) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci172659 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“V2C was inserted into ancestral SARS-CoV-2 (Wuhan-Hu-1; rSARS2-WH-V2C), which cannot infect laboratory mice but can infect hACE2 transgenic (K18-hACE2) mice (4), and into mouse-adapted SARS2-N501Y MA30 (rSARS2-MA30-V2C), which infects all strains of laboratory mice (5).”
BackgroundSelf-citationNatural Killer Cells Do Not Attenuate a Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2-Induced Disease in Rag2−/− Mice
Ellsworth, C. R., Wang, C., Katz, A. R., Chen, Z., Islamuddin, M., Yang, H., Scheuermann, S. E., Goff, K. A., Maness, N. J., Blair, R. V., et al. (2024) · Viruses · doi:10.3390/v16040611 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“They reported MA30 as highly virulent such that 5000 PFUs caused a lethal disease in young (6–10 week) BALB/c mice and aged (24 weeks old) B6 mice, but not in 6–10-week-old B6 mice [22].”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialPersistent Neurological Deficits in Mouse PASC Reveal Antiviral Drug LimitationsPreprint
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- Authors
- Wong, L.-Y. R., Zheng, J., Wilhelmsen, K., Li, K., Ortiz, M. E., Schnicker, N. J., Thurman, A., Pezzulo, A. A., Szachowicz, P. J., Li, P., Pan, R., Klumpp, K., Aswad, F., Rebo, J., Narumiya, S., Murakami, M., Zuniga, S., Sola, I., Enjuanes, L., Meyerholz, D. K., Fortney, K., McCray, P. B., & Perlman, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Corresponding author
- McCray, Paul B.
- Perlman, Stanley
- ORCID
- Wong, Lok-Yin Roy
- Zheng, Jian
- Wilhelmsen, Kevin
- Li, Kun
- Ortiz, Miguel E.
- Schnicker, Nicholas J.
- Thurman, Andrew
- Pezzulo, Alejandro A.
- Szachowicz, Peter J.
- Li, Pengfei
- Pan, Ruangang
- Klumpp, Klaus
- Aswad, Fred
- Narumiya, Shuh
- Murakami, Makoto
- Zuniga, Sonia
- Sola, Isabel
- Enjuanes, Luis
- Meyerholz, David K.
- Fortney, Kristen
- McCray, Paul B.
- Perlman, Stanley
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2022-03-21
- Volume
- 605
- Issue
- 7908
- Pages
- 146-151
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC9783543
- OpenAlex
- W4221027163
- Semantic Scholar
- 1b2a5f58f143f03b3e8a769283ac4c513f4b72f8
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 21
- FWCI
- 19.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
- University of Washington
- National Institutes of Health (P30 DK, T32 AI007511, AI060699, P30 DK-54759, AI007511)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01HL140261, R01HL163024)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (T32 AI007511, P01AI060699, R01AI129269)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30-DK054759)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES005605)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, prostaglandin D2, prostaglandin D2 receptor, aging, aged mice, SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike protein mutations, dendritic cells, disease severity
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Animals, Leukocytes, Mononuclear, Organic Chemicals, Oxazoles, Piperazines, Polyesters, Prostaglandins, Sulfonamides, Eicosanoids, Mice, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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