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How blood group A might be a risk and blood group O be protected from coronavirus (COVID-19) infections
2020
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In the case that O-glycosylation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of coronavirus infections, as was discussed already 14 years ago and is currently again predicted, this would result in the formation of a serologically A-like, O-GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr-R, Tn ("T nouvelle") antigenic structure; the virus hypothetically hijacks the metabolism of the host's amino sugar N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (GalNAc) by serine-rich peptides. The resulting intermediate, evolutionary/developmental A-like/Tn
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