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ArticleInternational journal of antimicrobial agents2020

In silico study of azithromycin, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and their potential mechanisms of action against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Helyson Lucas Bezerra Braz, João Alison de Moraes Silveira, Aline Diogo Marinho, Maria Elisabete Amaral de Moraes, Manoel Odorico de Moraes Filho, Helena Serra Azul Monteiro, Roberta Jeane Bezerra Jorge

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Article in International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helyson Lucas Bezerra BrazPostgraduate Program in Morphological Science, Department of Morphology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Delmiro de Farias St., 60.430-170, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Drug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
João Alison de Moraes SilveiraDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Aline Diogo MarinhoDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Maria Elisabete Amaral de MoraesDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Manoel Odorico de Moraes FilhoDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Helena Serra Azul MonteiroDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Roberta Jeane Bezerra JorgeDrug Research and Development Center, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1000, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Coronel Nunes de Melo St., 1127, 60.430-275, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Electronic address: robertajeane@ufc.br.
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly transmissible viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Clinical trials have reported improved outcomes resulting from an effective reduction or absence of viral load when patients were treated with chloroquine (CQ) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). In addition, the effects of these drugs were improved by simultaneous administration of azithromycin (AZM). The receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein binds to the cell surface angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, allowing virus entry and replication in host cells. The viral main protease (M

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Amino Acid MotifsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsAzithromycinBetacoronavirusBinding SitesCathepsin LChloroquineCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cysteine EndopeptidasesHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansHydroxychloroquineMolecular Docking SimulationACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsAzithromycinCathepsin LChloroquineCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCTSL protein, humanCysteine EndopeptidasesHydroxychloroquinePeptidyl-Dipeptidase ASpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Viral Nonstructural ProteinsAzithromycinChloroquineCoronavirusCOVID-19HydroxychloroquineMolecular docking

Identifiers

PMID32738306
PMCPMC7390782
OpenAlexW3046102409

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