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Volume 17 (6); 2021
Editorials
The continued global battle against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Chu-Xia Deng
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1440-1442. doi:10.7150/ijbs.60639
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Should people with severe mental illness be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccination?
Yuan Yang, Wen Li, Qinge Zhang, Ling Zhang, Teris Cheung, Chee H Ng, Yu-Tao Xiang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1443-1445. doi:10.7150/ijbs.57750
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Research Papers
Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Chinese college students
Wei Bai, Hong Cai, Shou Liu, Huanzhong Liu, Han Qi, Xu Chen, Rui Liu, Teris Cheung, Zhaohui Su, Chee H. Ng, Yu-Tao Xiang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1469-1475. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58835
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Developing effective siRNAs to reduce the expression of key viral genes of COVID-19
Renfei Wu, Kathy Qian Luo
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1521-1529. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59151
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SARS-CoV-2 main protease suppresses type I interferon production by preventing nuclear translocation of phosphorylated IRF3
Sin-Yee Fung, Kam-Leung Siu, Huayue Lin, Man Lung Yeung, Dong-Yan Jin
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1547-1554. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59943
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In silico structure-based discovery of a SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor
Lei Wen, Kaiming Tang, Kenn Ka-Heng Chik, Chris Chun-Yiu Chan, Jessica Oi-Ling Tsang, Ronghui Liang, Jianli Cao, Yaoqiang Huang, Cuiting Luo, Jian-Piao Cai, Zi-Wei Ye, Feifei Yin, Hin Chu, Dong-Yan Jin, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Shuofeng Yuan, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1555-1564. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59191
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Krebs Von den Lungen-6 as a predictive indicator for the risk of secondary pulmonary fibrosis and its reversibility in COVID-19 patients
Mingshan Xue, Teng Zhang, Hao Chen, Yifeng Zeng, Runpei Lin, Yingjie Zhen, Ning Li, Zhifeng Huang, Haisheng Hu, Luqian Zhou, Hui Wang, Xiaohua Douglas Zhang, Baoqing Sun
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1565-1573. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58825
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Reviews
mRNA vaccines for COVID-19: what, why and how
Jung Woo Park, Philip N.P. Lagniton, Yu Liu, Ren-He Xu
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1446-1460. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59233
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Review of Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials - A puzzle with missing pieces
Hang Fai Kwok
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1461-1468. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59170
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The Genetic Variant of SARS-CoV-2: Would it matter for Controlling the Devastating Pandemic?
Shuxin Guo, Kefang Liu, Jun Zheng
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1476-1485. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59137
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Development and application of therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19
Lin Ning, Hamza B. Abagna, Qianhu Jiang, Siqi Liu, Jian Huang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1486-1496. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59149
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Inflammatory stress in SARS-COV-2 associated Acute Kidney Injury
Junzhe Chen, Wenbiao Wang, Ying Tang, Xiao-ru Huang, Xueqing Yu, Hui-Yao Lan
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1497-1506. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58791
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The role of CD4+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the immunopathogenesis of COVID-19: implications for treatment
Yifei Wang, Jingbin Zheng, Md Sahidul Islam, Yang Yang, Yuanjia Hu, Xin Chen
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1507-1520. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59534
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Glucocorticoids are double-edged sword in the treatment of COVID-19 and cancers
Ruixin Yang, Yingyan Yu
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1530-1537. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58695
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Hydroxychloroquine/Chloroquine as Therapeutics for COVID-19: Truth under the Mystery
Yao Chen, Mei-Xiu Li, Guo-Dong Lu, Han-Ming Shen, Jing Zhou
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1538-1546. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59547
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Construction and applications of SARS-CoV-2 pseudoviruses: a mini review
Minghai Chen, Xian-En Zhang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1574-1580. doi:10.7150/ijbs.59184
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Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of COVID-19: challenges and perspectives
Shigao Huang, Jie Yang, Simon Fong, Qi Zhao
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1581-1587. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58855
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Global landscape of patents related to human coronaviruses
Kunmeng Liu, Zixuan Gu, Md Sahidul Islam, Thomas Scherngell, Xiangjun Kong, Jing Zhao, Xin Chen, Yuanjia Hu
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1588-1599. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58807
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From impossible to possible: the lessons from the control of recent COVID-19 outbreaks in China
Lixin Tai, Kengieng Wong, Li Wang, Li-jun Di
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(6): 1600-1612. doi:10.7150/ijbs.58906
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