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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2016

Glycan-protein interactions in viral pathogenesis.

Rahul Raman, Kannan Tharakaraman, V Sasisekharan, Ram Sasisekharan

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rahul RamanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Kannan TharakaramanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
V SasisekharanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Ram SasisekharanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States. Electronic address: rams@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Structure-Function Relationship of GlycosaminoglycansR37GM057073 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SASISEKHARAN, RAM · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
Characterization and Development of a Cross Spectrum Anti-Dengue AntibodyR01AI111395 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SASISEKHARAN, RAM · 2014 to 2018
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111395NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM057073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surfaces of host cells and viruses are decorated by complex glycans, which play multifaceted roles in the dynamic interplay between the virus and the host including viral entry into host cell, modulation of proteolytic cleavage of viral proteins, recognition and neutralization of virus by host immune system. These roles are mediated by specific multivalent interactions of glycans with their cognate proteins (generally termed as glycan-binding proteins or GBPs or lectins). The advances in tools and technologies to chemically synthesize and structurally characterize glycans and glycan-GBP interactions have offered several insights into the role of glycan-GBP interactions in viral pathogenesis and have presented opportunities to target these interactions for novel antiviral therapeutic or vaccine strategies. This review covers aspects of role of host cell surface glycan receptors and viral surface glycans in viral pathogenesis and offers perspectives on how to employ various analytical tools to target glycan-GBP interactions.

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AnimalsHumansPolysaccharidesProtein BindingViral ProteinsViral TropismVirusesVirus InternalizationPolysaccharidesViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27792989
PMCPMC5526076
OpenAlexW2543104994

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