TWiV 884: Cytokines and viral mimicry
- April 3, 2022
- Tagged as: asthma, bronchial epithelium, bronchial smooth muscle, CCL20, coronavirus, COVID-19, cytokine storm, IL-17, Orf8, pandemic, rhinovirus, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses
Vincent and Amy explain how asthmatic bronchial smooth muscle increases rhinovirus replication in the bronchial epithelium, and mimicry of IL-17 by the ORF8 protein of SARS-CoV-2.