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.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Amy Rosenfeld
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- Asthmatic bronchial smooth muscle and rhinovirus (Cell Rep) 00:46
- SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 mimics IL-17 (mBio) 33:16
- Letters read on TWiV 884 1:07:12
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