Abstract: The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has affected millions of people worldwide. The characterization of the immunological mechanisms involved in disease symptomatology and protective response is important to advance in disease control and prevention. Humans evolved by losing the capacity to synthesize the glycan Galα1‐3Galβ1‐(3)4GlcNAc‐R (α‐Gal), which resulted in the development of a protective response against pathogenic viruses and other microor...
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Immunology
Virology
Microbiology