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The S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood-brain barrier: Kinetics, distribution, mechanisms, and influence of ApoE genotype, sex, and inflammation
Elizabeth M. Rhea, Aric Flint Logsdon, Kim M. Hansen…·Michelle A. Erickson
This study shows that SARS-CoV-2's S1 protein crosses the murine blood-brain barrier via adsorptive transcytosis and is distributed throughout the brain and peripheral tissues.
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