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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2026

Revisiting endothelial tropism of SARS-CoV-2 using a cell-specific hACE2 mouse model.

Sahine Lameire, Nincy Debeuf, Julie Deckers, Caroline De Wolf, Manon Vanheerswynghels, Wendy Toussaint, Lize De Vlieger, Lien Van Hoecke, Arnout Bruggeman, Sieglinde De Cae and 3 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sahine Lameire *Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3910-3763
Nincy Debeuf *Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Julie DeckersLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Caroline De WolfLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Manon VanheerswynghelsLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Wendy ToussaintLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Lize De VliegerBarriers in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Lien Van HoeckeBarriers in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Arnout BruggemanBarriers in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Sieglinde De CaeVIB UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.
Bert SchepensVIB UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.
Stijn VanheeLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Bart N LambrechtLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4376-6834

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe COVID-19 is frequently associated with vascular complications, raising ongoing debate about whether SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect endothelial cells and thereby contribute to disease pathogenesis. Although endothelial cells express angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the IMPORTANCE: Although SARS-CoV-2 primarily infects the upper and lower airways, COVID-19 was quickly recognized as a multi-organ disease, in which vascular complications are a recurring feature. This has raised the possibility that direct infection of endothelial cells contributes to disease pathogenesis. However, whether vascular injury arises from productive endothelial infection or instead represents a secondary consequence of systemic inflammation remains unresolved. To directly disentangle these possibilities and define the

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19Endothelial CellsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ASARS-CoV-2Viral TropismAnimalsAntigens, CDBrainCadherin 5CadherinsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLungMiceMice, TransgenicACE2 protein, humanAce2 protein, mouseAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antigens, CDCadherin 5CadherinsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase Acoronavirusendothelial dysfunctionimmunologymouse modelviral tropism

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PMID42578668
PMCPMC13532326

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