Neuropathobiology of COVID-19: The Role for Glia

SARS-CoV-2, which causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has a brain neurotropism through binding to the receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expressed by neurones and glial cells, including astrocytes and microglia. Systemic infection which accompanies severe cases of COVID-19...

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Main Authors: Marie-Eve Tremblay, Charlotte Madore, Maude Bordeleau, Li Tian, Alexei Verkhratsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2020.592214/full