Molecular Mimicry between hPF4 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Response to Comment

Semin Thromb Hemost. 2023 Feb;49(1):106-107. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1744280. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

Authors

Domenico Benvenuto¹, Sergio Carnevale², Marta Giovanetti³, Massimo Ciccozzi⁴, Francesco Broccolo^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Section of Anatomic Pathology, Cerba HealthCare Italia, Milan, Italy.
³ Laboratório de Flavivírus, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Medical Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.

PMID: 35728600
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744280

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / metabolism
COVID-19* / virology
Humans
Molecular Mimicry*
Platelet Factor 4* / chemistry
Protein Binding
SARS-CoV-2* / chemistry
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus* / chemistry

Substances

Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Platelet Factor 4