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. 2000 Aug 1;3(12):486–490. doi: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)89018-6

Coronavirus infection of polarized epithelial cells

John WA Rossen 1, Marian C Horzinek 1, Peter JM Rottler 1,
PMCID: PMC7133323  PMID: 8800844

Abstract

Epithelial cells are the first host cells to be infected by incoming coronaviruses. Recent observations in vitro show that coronaviruses are released from a specific side of these polarized cells, and this polarized release might be important for the spread of the infection in vivo. Mechanisms for the directional sorting of coronaviruses might be similar to those governing the polar release of secretory proteins.

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