MERS-CoV endoribonuclease and accessory proteins jointly evade host innate immunity during infection of lung and nasal epithelial cells
C. Comar, C. Otter, J. Pfannenstiel, E. Doerger, D. Renner, L. H. Tan, S. Perlman, N. Cohen, A. Fehr, S. R. Weiss
This study shows that MERS-CoV's EndoU and accessory proteins NS4a/NS4b together suppress innate immunity, enabling viral replication, unlike SARS-CoV-2 which activates these pathways.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology