On the potential role of exosomes in the COVID-19 reinfection/reactivation opportunity
On the potential role of exosomes in the COVID-19 reinfection/reactivation opportunity
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DOI:
10.1080/07391102.2020.1790426
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发表时间:
2020-07-08
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Uversky, Vladimir N.
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作者:
Elrashdy, Fatma;Aljaddawi, Abdullah A.;Uversky, Vladimir N.
We propose here that one of the potential mechanisms for the relapse of the COVID-19 infection could be a cellular transport pathway associated with the release of the SARS-CoV-2-loaded exosomes and other extracellular vesicles. It is possible that this "Trojan horse" strategy represents possible explanation for the re-appearance of the viral RNA in the recovered COVID-19 patients 7-14 day post discharge, suggesting that viral material was hidden within such exosomes or extracellular vesicles during this "silence" time period and then started to re-spread again. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma