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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Role of Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Glycoprotein E1 in Virus Entry and Assembly.

Yimin Tong, Dimitri Lavillette, Qingchao Li, Jin Zhong

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A review of historical landmarks and pioneering technologies for the diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  5. Bispecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus E1E2 envelope glycoprotein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Antiviral Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2024
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  12. Thiophen urea derivatives as a new class of hepatitis C virus entry inhibitors.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2021
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yimin TongUnit of Viral Hepatitis, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Dimitri LavilletteUnit of Interspecies Transmission of Arboviruses and Antivirals, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qingchao LiUnit of Viral Hepatitis, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Jin ZhongUnit of Viral Hepatitis, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitut Pasteur of Shanghai · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) glycoproteins E1 and E2 form a heterodimer to constitute viral envelope proteins, which play an essential role in virus entry. E1 does not directly interact with host receptors, and its functions in viral entry are exerted mostly through its interaction with E2 that directly binds the receptors. HCV enters the host cell

Indexed as

E1envelope proteinfusionhepatitis C virusvirus assemblyvirus entry

Identifiers

PMID29971069
PMCPMC6018474
OpenAlexW2805710053

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