Mariah K Taylor, Evan P Williams, Yi Xue, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Amanda P Smith, Amber M Smith, Jyothi Parvathareddy, Ying Kong, Peter Vogel, Xueyuan Cao, Walter Reichard, Briana Spruill-Harrell, Amali E Samarasinghe, Intawat Nookaew, Elizabeth A Fitzpatrick, Micholas Dean Smith, Michelle Aranha, Jeremy C Smith, Colleen B Jonsson
The emergence and availability of closely related clinical isolates of SARS-CoV-2 offers a unique opportunity to identify novel nonsynonymous mutations that may impact phenotype. Global sequencing efforts show that SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged and then been replaced since the beginning of the pandemic, yet we have limited information regarding the breadth of variant-specific host responses. Using primary cell cultures and the K18-hACE2 mouse, we investigated the replication, innate immune response, and pathology of closely related, clinical variants circulating during the first wave of the pandemic...
February 23, 2023: Viruses