Version 1
: Received: 2 June 2021 / Approved: 4 June 2021 / Online: 4 June 2021 (08:21:00 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 7 September 2021 / Approved: 9 September 2021 / Online: 9 September 2021 (10:54:14 CEST)
Lazebnik, Y. Cell Fusion as a Link between the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein, COVID-19 Complications, and Vaccine Side Effects. Oncotarget, 2021, 12, 2476–2488. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28088.
Lazebnik, Y. Cell Fusion as a Link between the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein, COVID-19 Complications, and Vaccine Side Effects. Oncotarget, 2021, 12, 2476–2488. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28088.
Lazebnik, Y. Cell Fusion as a Link between the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein, COVID-19 Complications, and Vaccine Side Effects. Oncotarget, 2021, 12, 2476–2488. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28088.
Lazebnik, Y. Cell Fusion as a Link between the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein, COVID-19 Complications, and Vaccine Side Effects. Oncotarget, 2021, 12, 2476–2488. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28088.
Abstract
A distinctive feature of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is its ability to efficiently fuse cells, thus producing syncytia found in COVID-19 patients. This commentary proposes how this ability enables spike to cause COVID-19 complications as well as side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and suggests how these effects can be prevented..
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
9 September 2021
Commenter:
Yuri Lazebnik
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
Dear Ediors,
I have added a section on neurological complications, expanded the section on vaccines, and edited the text to incorporate comments and suggestions that I have received after posting the original paper and to make the text clearer. Finally, I have made the title more specific and expanded the abstract as it was too terse to be informative.
Commenter: Yuri Lazebnik
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
I have added a section on neurological complications, expanded the section on vaccines, and edited the text to incorporate comments and suggestions that I have received after posting the original paper and to make the text clearer. Finally, I have made the title more specific and expanded the abstract as it was too terse to be informative.
Thank you.
Yuri