Alveolar type II cells harbouring SARS-CoV-2 show senescence with a proinflammatory phenotype

Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2nd Department of Pathology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK, Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Institute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, Faculty Institute for Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, Center for New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece