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ReviewThe FEBS journal2020

Tumor markers as an entry for SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Pu Xia, Anna Dubrovska

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. A Universal Strategy of Anti-Tumor mRNA Vaccine by Harnessing "Off-the-Shelf" Immunity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  4. SARS-CoV-2 infection and its effects on the endocrine system.Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 2023
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  6. Systematic pan-cancer analysis identifiesAnnals of translational medicine · 2023
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  7. SARS-CoV-2 Receptors and Their Involvement in Cell Infection.Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement. Series A, Membrane and cell biology · 2023
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  18. Development and application of therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19.International journal of biological sciences · 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pu XiaOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Anna DubrovskaOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3375-1500
German Cancer Research Center · DEHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the highly contagious illness caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread across the globe, becoming one of the most challenging public health crisis of our times. SARS-CoV-2 can cause severe disease associated with multiple organ damage. Cancer patients have a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death. While the virus uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the primary entry receptor, the recent experimental and clinical findings suggest that some tumor markers, including CD147 (basigin), can provide an additional entry for SARS-CoV-2 infection through binding to the viral spike (S) protein. In the absence of specific viral drugs, blocking of CD147 might be a way to prevent virus invasion. Identifying other target proteins is of high importance as targeting the alternative receptors for SARS-CoV-2 might open up a promising avenue for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, including those who have cancer.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBasiginBiomarkers, TumorClinical Trials as TopicCOVID-19Host-Pathogen InteractionsHumansNeoplasmsProtein BindingReceptors, VirusSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBasiginBiomarkers, TumorBSG protein, humanmeplazumabmetuximabReceptors, VirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2BasiginCD147COVID-19EmmprinSARS-CoV-2spike protein

Identifiers

PMID32738184
PMCPMC7436716
OpenAlexW3046643325

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