Evidence map›Paper›PMID 15043007›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2004

Virus entry: molecular mechanisms and biomedical applications.

Dimiter S Dimitrov

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 319 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
319citing papers in PubMed
14.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

319 citing papers in PubMed, 694 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Cell entry mechanisms of porcine enteric coronaviruses.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. The Pathology of Viral Infections.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  15. Identification of Virus-Host Interactions.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article

259 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dimiter S DimitrovHuman Immunovirology and Computational Biology Group, Laboratory of Experimental & Computational Biology, Centre for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA. dimitrov@ncifcrf.gov
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Viral Envelope Glycoprotein Interactions with ReceptorsZ01BC010257 · BC · BASIC SCIENCES · PI DIMITROV, DIMTER S. · 1996 to 2005
–
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses have evolved to enter cells from all three domains of life--Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes. Of more than 3,600 known viruses, hundreds can infect human cells and most of those are associated with disease. To gain access to the cell interior, animal viruses attach to host-cell receptors. Advances in our understanding of how viral entry proteins interact with their host-cell receptors and undergo conformational changes that lead to entry offer unprecedented opportunities for the development of novel therapeutics and vaccines.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, ViralHumansMembrane FusionProtein ConformationReceptors, VirusViral VaccinesVirusesAntibodies, ViralReceptors, VirusViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID15043007
PMCPMC7097642
OpenAlexW2025592853

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.