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ArticleGastroenterology2020

Human Intestinal Defensin 5 Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Invasion by Cloaking ACE2.

Cheng Wang, Shaobo Wang, Daixi Li, Dong-Qing Wei, Jinghong Zhao, Junping Wang

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Article in Gastroenterology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

6 authors.

Cheng WangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Combined Injury of PLA, Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Shaobo WangDepartment of Nephrology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Daixi LiInstitute of Biothermal Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Dong-Qing WeiState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai-Islamabad-Belgrade Joint Innovation Center on Antibacterial Resistances, Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation in Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Ministry of Education and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: dqwei@sjtu.edu.cn.
Jinghong ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: zhaojh@tmmu.edu.cn.
Junping WangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Combined Injury of PLA, Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: wangjunping@tmmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

alpha-DefensinsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2BetacoronavirusCell Culture TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19EnterocytesHumansMicroscopy, InterferencePandemicsPaneth CellsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase APneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Virus AttachmentACE2 protein, humanalpha-DefensinsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2DEFA5 protein, humanPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme-2COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019HD5, Human Defensin-5LBD, ligand-binding domainSARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

Identifiers

PMID32437749
PMCPMC7211585

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