Upregulation of human endogenous retroviruses in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of covid-19 patients

  • Konstantina Kitsou
  • , Anastasia Kotanidou
  • , Dimitrios Paraskevis
  • , Timokratis Karamitros
  • , Aris Katzourakis
  • , ichard Tedder
  • , Tara Hurst
  • , Spyros Sapounas
  • , Athanassios Kotsinas
  • , Vassilis Gorgoulis
  • , Vana Spoulou
  • , Sotirios Tsiodras
  • , Pagona Lagiou
  • , Gkikas Magiorkinis*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    34 Citations (SciVal)
    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere01260-21
    JournalMicrobiology Spectrum
    Volume9
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - Oct 2021

    Funding

    The study is supported by the Emblematic action to handle SARS-CoV-2 infection: Epidemiological study in Greece via extensive testing for viral and antibody detection, sequencing of the virome, and genetic analysis of the carriers (GSRT No. 2020ΣE01300001).

    Keywords

    • COVID-19
    • Endogenous retroviruses
    • Immune senescence
    • Inflammation

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