Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Comprehensive comparison of transcriptomes in SARS-CoV-2 infection: alternative entry routes and innate immune responses The pathogenesis of COVID-19 emerges as complex, with multiple factors leading to injury of different organs. Several studies on underlying cellular processes have produced contradictory claims, e.g. on SARS-CoV-2 cell entry or innate immune responses. However, clarity in these matters is imperative for therapy development. We therefore performed a meta-study with a diverse set of transcriptomes under infections with SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, including data from different cells and COVID-19 patients. Using these data, we investigated viral entry routes and innate immune responses. First, our analyses support the existence of cell entry mechanisms for SARS and SARS-CoV-2 other than the ACE2 route with evidence of inefficient infection of cells without expression of ACE2; expression of TMPRSS2/TPMRSS4 is unnecessary for efficient SARS-CoV-2 infection with evidence of efficient infection of A549 cells transduced with a vector expressing human ACE2. Second, we find that innate immune responses in terms of interferons and interferon simulated genes are strong in relevant cells, for example Calu3 cells, but vary markedly with cell type, virus dose, and virus type.
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The categories of this paper are: behavior
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The categories of this paper are: biochemistry
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The categories of this paper are: cancer
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The categories of this paper are: genomics
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The categories of this paper are: systems
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The categories of this paper are: and
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The categories of this paper are: genetics
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The categories of this paper are: paleontology
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The categories of this paper are: neuroscience
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The categories of this paper are: zoology
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The categories of this paper are: plant
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The categories of this paper are: biology
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The categories of this paper are: physiology
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The categories of this paper are: scientific
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The categories of this paper are: epidemiology
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The categories of this paper are: communication