Emerging COVID-19 coronavirus: glycan shield and structure prediction of spike glycoprotein and its interaction with human CD26

The recent outbreak of pneumonia-causing COVID-19 in China is an urgent global public health issue with an increase in mortality and morbidity.Here we report our modelled homo-trimer structure of COVID-19 spike glycoprotein in both closed Bulbs (ligand-free) and open (ligand-bound) conformation, which is involved in host cell adhesion.We also predi

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The Jekyll and Hyde of Cellular Senescence in Cancer

Cellular senescence is a state of stable cell cycle arrest that can be triggered in response to various insults and is characterized by distinct morphological hallmarks, gene expression profiles, and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP).Importantly, cellular senescence is a key component of normal physiology with tumor suppressive f

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