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Abbreviations
- 2019-nCoV:
-
2019-novel coronavirus
- ACE2:
-
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
- ARDS:
-
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- COVID-19:
-
Coronavirus disease 2019
- E:
-
Envelope protein
- FAO:
-
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- HLA:
-
Human leukocyte antigen
- IFN:
-
Interferon
- IRF:
-
Interferon regulatory transcription factor
- M:
-
Membrane protein
- MERS-CoV:
-
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
- MHC:
-
Major histocompatibility complex
- N:
-
Nucleocapsid protein
- NK:
-
Natural killer
- NLRP:
-
NOD-like receptor
- NSP:
-
Nonstructural protein
- OIE:
-
World Organisation for Animal Health
- ORF:
-
Open reading frame
- PI(3,5)P2:
-
Phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate
- RBD:
-
Receptor binding domain
- RIG-I:
-
Retinoic acid-inducible gene I
- RLR:
-
RIG-I-like receptor
- S:
-
Spike protein
- SARS-CoV:
-
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
- SARS-CoV-2:
-
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2
- TLR:
-
Toll-like receptor
- TPC2:
-
Two pore channel subtype 2
- WHO:
-
World Health Organization
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