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. 2020 Sep 11;260:118421. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118421

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The representation of the immune response of host during the infection of SARS-CoV-2. The SARS-CoV-2 binds to the human ACE-2 receptor and inter lung and infected the cells, which arrest the type-1 interferon (INF) to replicate viral RNA genome. The suppression in INF-1 leads to the production of specific first-line defense against pathogens. The B-cells and plasma cells could effectively neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 by producing specific antibodies against virus. The specific cells, namely Th1/Th17 could lead to the activation of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as INF-γ, and monocytes/macrophages which may result in the recruitment of neutrophil production and pathogens ingestion respectively [44].