Episode Details

Vincent and Amy explain how asthmatic bronchial smooth muscle increases rhinovirus replication in the bronchial epithelium, and mimicry of IL-17 by the ORF8 protein of SARS-CoV-2.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Amy Rosenfeld

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Links for this episode

• Asthmatic bronchial smooth muscle and rhinovirus (Cell Rep)
• SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 mimics IL-17 (mBio)
• Letters read on TWiV 884
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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