RETRACTED ARTICLE: SARS-CoV-2 infects T lymphocytes through its spike protein-mediated membrane fusion
Xinling Wang, Wei Xu, Gaowei Hu, Shuai Xia, Zhiping Sun, Zezhong Liu, Youhua Xie, Rong Zhang, Shibo Jiang, Lu Lu
Abstract
The authors have retracted this article [1]. After the publication of this article, it came to the authors attention that in order to support the conclusions of the study, the authors should have used primary T cells instead of T cell lines. Additionally, there are concerns that the flow cytometry methodology applied here was flawed. These points resulted in the conclusions being considered invalid.
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Spike ProteinSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Spike (software development)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusSars virusBetacoronavirusBiologyComputational biologyMedicineComputer scienceOutbreakPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Software engineeringDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesPhagocytosis and Immune Regulation