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Volume 31 Issue 11, Nov 2021

The SARS-CoV-2 attacks host cells offensively via the respiratory system. In the asymptomatic subjects, the immune cells are active and finally kill the virus (right); whereas in the presymptomatic subjects, the immune cells are slack, the virus evades the attack of the immune system and amplifies quickly, and eventually causes the host to suffer from COVID-19 (left). The image is designed by Shanhe Yu and edited by Lehua Huang. See page 1148-1162 by Shanhe Yu et al. for details.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Tracing the origins of SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned from the past

Qihui Wang, Hua Chen, Yi Shi, Alice C. Hughes, William J. Liu, Jingkun Jiang, George F. Gao, Yongbiao Xue, Yigang Tong
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00575-w
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ERASE: a novel nucleic-acid based antiviral mechanism

George Fu Gao
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00568-9
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The reinvention of potato

Martin Mascher, Murukarthick Jayakodi, Nils Stein
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00542-5
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Timing vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

Coline Barnoud, Chen Wang, Christoph Scheiermann
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00559-w
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Distinct immune signatures discriminate between asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2pos subjects

Shanhe Yu, Caixia Di, Shijun Chen, Mingquan Guo, Jiayang Yan, Zhaoqin Zhu, Li Liu, Ruixue Feng, Yinyin Xie, Ruihong Zhang, Juan Chen, Mengxi Wang, Dong Wei, Hai Fang, Tong Yin, Jinyan Huang, Saijuan Chen, Hongzhou Lu, Jiang Zhu, Jieming Qu
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00562-1
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Structural insights into ligand recognition and activation of the melanocortin-4 receptor

Huibing Zhang, Li-Nan Chen, Dehua Yang, Chunyou Mao, Qingya Shen, Wenbo Feng, Dan-Dan Shen, Antao Dai, Shanshan Xie, Yan Zhou, Jiao Qin, Jin-Peng Sun, Daniel H. Scharf, Tingjun Hou, Tianhua Zhou, Ming-Wei Wang, Yan Zhang
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00552-3
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Structures of active melanocortin-4 receptor–Gs-protein complexes with NDP-α-MSH and setmelanotide

Nicolas A. Heyder, Gunnar Kleinau, David Speck, Andrea Schmidt, Sarah Paisdzior, Michal Szczepek, Brian Bauer, Anja Koch1, Monique Gallandi, Dennis Kwiatkowski, Jörg Bürger, Thorsten Mielke, Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, Peter W. Hildebrand, Christian M. T. Spahn, Daniel Hilger, Magdalena Schacherl, Heike Biebermann, Tarek Hilal, Peter Kühnen, Brian K. Kobilka, Patrick Scheerer
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00569-8
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Tumor-conditional IL-15 pro-cytokine reactivates anti-tumor immunity with limited toxicity

Jingya Guo, Yong Liang, Diyuan Xue, Jiao Shen, Yueqi Cai, Jiankun Zhu, Yang-Xin Fu, Hua Peng
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00543-4
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NudCL2 is an autophagy receptor that mediates selective autophagic degradation of CP110 at mother centrioles to promote ciliogenesis

Min Liu, Wen Zhang, Min Li, Jiaxing Feng, Wenjun Kuang, Xiying Chen, Feng Yang, Qiang Sun, Zhangqi Xu, Jianfeng Hua, Chunxia Yang, Wei Liu, Qiang Shu, Yuehong Yang, Tianhua Zhou, Shanshan Xie
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00560-3
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Design and development of an oral remdesivir derivative VV116 against SARS-CoV-2

Yuanchao Xie, Wanchao Yin, Yumin Zhang, Weijuan Shang, Zhen Wang, Xiaodong Luan, Guanghui Tian, Haji A. Aisa, Yechun Xu, Gengfu Xiao, Jia Li, Hualiang Jiang, Shuyang Zhang, Leike Zhang, H. Eric Xu, Jingshan Shen
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00570-1
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Time of day influences immune response to an inactivated vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Hui Zhang, Yihao Liu, Dayue Liu, Qin Zeng, Liubing Li, Qian Zhou, Mengyuan Li, Jie Mei, Niansheng Yang, Suilin Mo, Qiusheng Liu, Min Liu, Sui Peng, Haipeng Xiao
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00541-6
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Nuclear translocation of the 4-pass transmembrane protein Tspan8

Yuwei Huang, Junjian Li, Wanqing Du, Siyang Li, Ying Li, Haozhi Qu, Jingxuan Xv, Li Yu, Rongxuan Zhu, Hongxia Wang
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00522-9
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CORRIGENDA

Author Correction: Interferon-armed RBD dimer enhances the immunogenicity of RBD for sterilizing immunity against SARS-CoV-2

Shiyu Sun, Yueqi Cai, Tian-Zhang Song, Yang Pu, Lin Cheng, Hairong Xu, Jing Sun, Chaoyang Meng, Yifan Lin, Haibin Huang, Fang Zhao, Silin Zhang, Yu Gao, Jian-Bao Han, Xiao-Li Feng, Dan-Dan Yu, Yalan Zhu, Pu Gao, Haidong Tang, Jincun Zhao, Zheng Zhang, Jiaming Yang, Zhenxiang Hu, Yang-Xin Fu, Yong-Tang Zheng, Hua Peng
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00572-z
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Author Correction: Mechanical activation of spike fosters SARS-CoV-2 infection

Wei Hu, Yong Zhang, Panyu Fei, Tongtong Zhang, Danmei Yao, Yufei Gao, Jia Liu, Hui Chen, Qiao Lu, Tenny Mudianto, Xinrui Zhang, Chuxuan Xiao, Yang Ye, Qiming Sun, Jing Zhang, Qi Xie, Pei-Hui Wang, Jun Wang, Zhenhai Li, Jizhong Lou, Wei Chen
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00576-9
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