STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters.
Nat Commun
; 11(1): 5838, 2020 11 17.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-933686
ABSTRACT
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. In search for key targets of effective therapeutics, robust animal models mimicking COVID-19 in humans are urgently needed. Here, we show that Syrian hamsters, in contrast to mice, are highly permissive to SARS-CoV-2 and develop bronchopneumonia and strong inflammatory responses in the lungs with neutrophil infiltration and edema, further confirmed as consolidations visualized by micro-CT alike in clinical practice. Moreover, we identify an exuberant innate immune response as key player in pathogenesis, in which STAT2 signaling plays a dual role, driving severe lung injury on the one hand, yet restricting systemic virus dissemination on the other. Our results reveal the importance of STAT2-dependent interferon responses in the pathogenesis and virus control during SARS-CoV-2 infection and may help rationalizing new strategies for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Transducción de Señal
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Modelos Animales de Enfermedad
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Factor de Transcripción STAT2
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Animales
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Nat Commun
Asunto de la revista:
Biologia
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Ciencia
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S41467-020-19684-y
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