SARS-CoV-2 and mitochondrial proteins in neural-derived exosomes of COVID-19

LIINC collaborators studied individuals with neuropsychiatric symptoms following COVID-19 — things like symptoms of depression, anxiety, and irritability — and found abnormal levels of different proteins in extracellular vesicles that came from nervous system cells. Specifically, they found that there were elevated levels of COVID virus proteins in these vesicles, and lower levels of proteins that reflect the health of cells.