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ArticleJournal of medical microbiology2025

SARS-CoV-2 and neurotropism: evidence, gaps and reflections.

Thaísa Regina Rocha Lopes, Bibiana Santana Sitton, Micheli Mainardi Pillat, Carlos Fernando Mello, Rudi Weiblen, Eduardo Furtado Flores, José Valter Joaquim Silva Júnior

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Article in Journal of medical microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Thaísa Regina Rocha LopesSetor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Bibiana Santana SittonLaboratório NB3 de Neuroimunologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Micheli Mainardi PillatLaboratório NB3 de Neuroimunologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Carlos Fernando MelloLaboratório NB3 de Neuroimunologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rudi WeiblenSetor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Eduardo Furtado FloresSetor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
José Valter Joaquim Silva JúniorSetor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients may present with a wide clinical spectrum, including extrapulmonary involvement, such as neurological damage. Although the pathogenesis of neurological COVID-19 still remains unclear, some studies have discussed the potential association between tissue injury and severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the central nervous system (CNS) and/or immune imbalance. These two mechanisms are non-mutually exclusive; however, exacerbated inflammatory-response-induced neurological damage appears to be more aligned with COVID-19 pathogenesis, whereas SARS-CoV-2 infection/replication in the CNS remains widely discussed. Herein, we dissect this last issue, highlighting some evidence on SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion, as well as discussing gaps that should be addressed for a better understanding of its potential neurotropism, specifically in the CNS. Finally, we propose some deeper reflections on the SARS-CoV-2 neurotropic potential.

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Central Nervous SystemCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Viral TropismHumanscoronaviruscoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)tropism

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PMID40522851
PMCPMC12171017

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