Coronavirus imatha kupatsira ma pericytes, omwe ndi fakitale yamankhwala yakomweko yomwe imapanga SARS-CoV-2.

SARS-CoV-2 yopangidwa kwanuko imatha kufalikira kumitundu ina yama cell, ndikuwononga kwambiri. Kupyolera mu dongosolo lachitsanzo labwinoli, adapeza kuti ma cell othandizira otchedwa astrocytes ndi omwe amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi matendawa.

Zotsatira zikuwonetsa kuti njira yomwe SARS-CoV-2 ingalowe muubongo ndi kudzera m'mitsempha yamagazi, komwe SARS-CoV-2 imatha kupatsira ma pericytes, kenako SARS-CoV-2 imatha kufalikira kumitundu ina yaubongo.

Ma pericytes omwe ali ndi kachilombo angayambitse kutupa kwa mitsempha ya magazi, kenako kutsekeka, sitiroko, kapena kutuluka magazi. Zovutazi zimawonedwa mwa odwala ambiri a SARS-CoV-2 omwe amaloledwa kuchipinda chosamalira odwala kwambiri.

Ofufuzawa tsopano akukonzekera kuyang'ana pakupanga zosakaniza zomwe zili ndi ma pericytes okha, komanso mitsempha yamagazi yomwe imatha kupopa magazi kuti itsanzire bwino ubongo wathunthu wamunthu. Kupyolera mu zitsanzozi, tikhoza kumvetsetsa mozama za matenda opatsirana ndi matenda ena a ubongo waumunthu.