Department of Endemic Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology, Kasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2021 Sep;39(15):5831-5842. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1790426. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
We propose here that one of the potential mechanisms for the relapse of the COVID-19 infection could be a cellular transport pathway associated with the release of the SARS-CoV-2-loaded exosomes and other extracellular vesicles. It is possible that this "Trojan horse" strategy represents possible explanation for the re-appearance of the viral RNA in the recovered COVID-19 patients 7-14 day post discharge, suggesting that viral material was hidden within such exosomes or extracellular vesicles during this "silence" time period and then started to re-spread again.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
我们在这里提出,COVID-19 感染复发的潜在机制之一可能是与 SARS-CoV-2 负载的外泌体和其他细胞外囊泡释放相关的细胞转运途径。这种“特洛伊木马”策略可能为 COVID-19 患者出院后 7-14 天病毒 RNA 再次出现提供了可能的解释,表明在这段“静默”期内,病毒物质隐藏在外泌体或细胞外囊泡中,然后开始再次传播。通讯作者:Ramaswamy H. Sarma。