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ArticleCell reports2020

Species-Specific Evolution of Ebola Virus during Replication in Human and Bat Cells.

Zachary J Whitfield, Abhishek N Prasad, Adam J Ronk, Ivan V Kuzmin, Philipp A Ilinykh, Raul Andino, Alexander Bukreyev

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Article in Cell reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Impact of ADAR-induced editing of minor viral RNA populations on replication and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zachary J WhitfieldDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Abhishek N PrasadDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Adam J RonkDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ivan V KuzminDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Philipp A IlinykhDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Raul AndinoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: raul.andino@ucsf.edu.
Alexander BukreyevDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: alexander.bukreyev@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Microbial Pathogenesis and Host DefenseT32AI060537 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joanne N. Engel · 2004 to 2026
$6.5M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus (EBOV) causes a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates. Within the past decade, EBOV has caused two large and difficult-to-control outbreaks, one of which recently ended in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bats are the likely reservoir of EBOV, but little is known of their relationship with the virus. We perform serial passages of EBOV in human and bat cells and use circular sequencing to compare the short-term evolution of the virus. Virus populations passaged in bat cells have sequence markers indicative of host RNA editing enzyme activity, including evidence for ADAR editing of the EBOV glycoprotein. Multiple regions in the EBOV genome appear to have undergone adaptive evolution when passaged in bat and human cells. Individual mutated viruses are rescued and characterized. Our results provide insight into the host species-specific evolution of EBOV and highlight the adaptive flexibility of the virus.

Indexed as

AnimalsChiropteraEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansVirus ReplicationADARbatsEbola virusemerging virusesevolutionfiloviruspopulation geneticsreservoir biologyviral evolution

Identifiers

PMID32814037
PMCPMC7434439
OpenAlexW3048477852

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