id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-264051-ps0x2es1 Li, Wei Human Identical Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Promote Clinical Progression of COVID-19 by Upregulating Hyaluronan via NamiRNA-Enhancer Network 2020-11-05 .txt text/plain 8939 450 51 Mechanically, HIS-SARS-CoV-2, behaving as virus-derived miRNAs, directly target to the human genomic loci and further interact with host enhancers to activate the expression of adjacent and distant genes, including cytokines gene and angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2), a well-known cell entry receptor of SARS-CoV-2, and hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2), which further increases hyaluronan formation. Besides, these virus fragments containing HIS can increase the H3K27 acetylation (H3K27ac) enrichment at their corresponding regions of the human genome in different mammalian cells and activate the expression of adjacent and distant genes associated with inflammation. Collectively, we identified HIS in SARS-CoV-2 genome, and the targeted human genome loci enriched with cytokines genes suggested that HIS may underly the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients and serve as a vital player in the pathological progression. ./cache/cord-264051-ps0x2es1.txt ./txt/cord-264051-ps0x2es1.txt