Airborne Particulate Matter and SARS-CoV-2 Partnership: Virus Hitchhiking, Stabilization and Immune Cell Targeting - A Hypothesis

Front Immunol. 2020 Sep 24:11:579352. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.579352. eCollection 2020.
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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; alveolar macrophage; dendritic cell; immunity; particulate matter; pulmonary delivery; trained immunity.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / immunology*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / immunology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / transmission
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Particulate Matter*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / transmission
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Particulate Matter