SARS-CoV-2-infected human airway epithelial cell cultures uniquely lack interferon and immediate early gene responses caused by other coronaviruses.
Ying WangMelissa ThalerClarisse Salgado-BenvindoNathan LyAnouk A LeijsDennis K NinaberPhilip M HansbroFia BoedijonoMartijn J van HemertPieter S HiemstraAnne M van der DoesAlen FaizPublished in: Clinical & translational immunology (2024)
Our results demonstrate a previously unknown suppression of a host response gene set by SARS-CoV-2 and confirm a difference in interferon-related gene expression between highly pathogenic and low pathogenic coronaviruses.