440 Role of angiotensin II in SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology in a hamster model of COVID-19

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Hamsters develop COVID-19 similarly to people because the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds with high affinity to hamster ACE2 resulting in host cell entry and replication. Our goal was to establish a hamster model that mirrors the lung and brain pathophysiology observed in COVID-19....

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Main Authors: Branka Milicic Stanic, Nisha Dugal, Nataliia Shults, Hong Ji, Aline M.A. de Souza, Seth Hawkins, Xie Wu, Juan M. Saavedra, Kathryn Sandberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866123004685/type/journal_article