Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces the dedifferentiation of multiciliated cells and impairs mucociliary clearance

  • Rémy Robinot,
  • Mathieu Hubert,
  • Guilherme Dias de Melo,
  • Françoise Lazarini,
  • Timothée Bruel,
  • Nikaïa Smith,
  • Sylvain Levallois,
  • Florence Larrous,
  • Julien Fernandes,
  • Stacy Gellenoncourt,
  • Stéphane Rigaud,
  • Olivier Gorgette,
  • Catherine Thouvenot,
  • Céline Trébeau,
  • Adeline Mallet,
  • Guillaume Duménil,
  • Samy Gobaa,
  • Raphaël Etournay,
  • Pierre-Marie Lledo,
  • Marc Lecuit,
  • Hervé Bourhy,
  • Darragh Duffy,
  • Vincent Michel,
  • Olivier Schwartz,
  • Lisa A. Chakrabarti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24521-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the airways. Here the authors show that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces the rapid loss of airway motile cilia, resulting in altered cilia clearance function. Cilia loss is preceded by reduced expression of the ciliogenesis regulator Foxj1.