Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Morphogenesis and cytopathic effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelial cells

  • Na Zhu,
  • Wenling Wang,
  • Zhidong Liu,
  • Chaoyang Liang,
  • Wen Wang,
  • Fei Ye,
  • Baoying Huang,
  • Li Zhao,
  • Huijuan Wang,
  • Weimin Zhou,
  • Yao Deng,
  • Longfei Mao,
  • Chongyu Su,
  • Guangliang Qiang,
  • Taijiao Jiang,
  • Jincun Zhao,
  • Guizhen Wu,
  • Jingdong Song,
  • Wenjie Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17796-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors characterize replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial (HAE) cultures and show that it can infect ciliated and secretory cells, affects transepithelial electrical resistance and causes plaque-like cytopathic effects associated with apoptosis.