Significant role of host sialylated glycans in the infection and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

• Wakana Saso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masako Yamasaki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Nakakita,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Functional Glycomics, Life Science Research Center, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

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• Shuetsu Fukushi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kana Tsuchimoto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Noriyuki Watanabe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nongluk Sriwilaijaroen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand, Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Osamu Kanie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Micro/Nano Technology Center and Department of Applied Biochemistry, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Masamichi Muramatsu,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshimasa Takahashi,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tetsuro Matano,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Takeda,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasuo Suzuki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gp2045@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp (Y.S); kwatashi@niid.go.jp (K.W)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Koichi Watashi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gp2045@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp (Y.S); kwatashi@niid.go.jp (K.W)

  Affiliations Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Japan, Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, MIRAI, JST, Saitama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-9966

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