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Fig. 1 | Translational Neurodegeneration

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From: COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease: how one crisis worsens the other

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SARS-CoV-2 and viral infection. a A schematic of SARS-CoV-2 composition. A SARS-CoV-2 viral particle is composed of spike (S) protein, membrane (M) protein, envelope (E) protein, nucleocapside (N) protein, and viral RNA. b A schematic showing the infection of a host cell by SARS-CoV-2. With the aid of TMPRSS2, the S protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds with ACE2 to enter the host cell and uses the host machinery for translation and replication of the viral genetic material

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