“…Whole-cell extracts were prepared and subjected to western blot analysis with the appropriate antibodies as described previously ( Choi et al, 2021 ). Anti-spike RBD (1:1000, Sino Biological, Beijing, China, Cat.# 40592-T62), anti-ACE2 (1:1000, Abcam, Cambridge, UK, Cat.# ab108252), anti-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (1:5000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, CA, USA, Cat.# sc-51905), anti-mouse (1:5000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Cat.# sc-516102), and anti-rabbit (1:5000, Enzo Biochem, NY, USA, Cat.# ADI-SAB-300-J) antibodies were used.…”