ACE2 is the critical in vivo receptor for SARS-CoV-2 in a novel COVID-19 mouse model with TNF- and IFNγ-driven immunopathology
R. Gawish, P. Starkl, L. Pimenov, A. Hladik, K. Lakovits, F. Oberndorfer, S. J. F. Cronin, A. Ohradanova-Repic, G. Wirnsberger, B. Agerer, L. Endler, T. Capraz, J. W. Perthold, A. Hagelkruys, N. Montserrat, , S. Knapp
This paper develops a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain, maVie16, to model COVID-19 in mice, showing that ACE2 is critical for disease and that blocking TNF/IFNγ reduces immunopathology.
bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2021Immunology