Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast<p>How COVID-19 targets <br>the pancreas revealed</p><p>The pathophysiology of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)&nbsp;infection in the pancreas and the role of the host factor placenta-associated 8 (PLAC8) protein in this pancreatic infection.</p><p>Ibarguen-Gonzalez, L., Heller, S., DeDiego, M. L., et al. (2023). Host Factor PLAC8 is Required for Pancreas Infection by SARS-CoV-2.&nbsp;Preprints with the Lancet. </p><p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4564662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf</span><span class="invisible">m?abstract_id=4564662</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PLAC8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLAC8</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Pancreas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pancreas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARSCoV2</span></a></p>