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ReviewHeliyon2020

Chloroquine to fight COVID-19: A consideration of mechanisms and adverse effects?

Xiping Zhan, Sharon Dowell, Ying Shen, Dexter L Lee

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Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adverse drug reactions associated with COVID-19 management.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024
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  6. Recent Advancements on COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of general medicine · 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 2 countries.

Xiping ZhanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20059.
Sharon DowellDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20060.
Ying ShenDepartment of Physiology, Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Dexter L LeeDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20059.
Howard University · USHoward University Hospital · USZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Sleep Disorders in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: Frequency, Associations with Cardiovascular and Pain Indicators, and Responses to TreatmentU54MD007597 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI Tatiana V.D. Sanses · 2019 to 2026
$37.7M
NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak emerged in December 2019 and has rapidly become a global pandemic. A great deal of effort has been made to find effective drugs against this disease. Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) were widely adopted in treating COVID-19, but the results were contradictive. CQ/HCQ have been used to prevent and treat malaria and are efficacious anti-inflammatory agents in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. These drugs have potential broad-spectrum antiviral properties, but the underlying mechanisms are speculative. In this review, we re-evaluated the treatment outcomes and current hypothesis for the working mechanisms of CQ/HCQ as COVID-19 therapy with a special focus on disruption of Ca

Indexed as

CalciumCardiologyChloroquineClinical toxicologyEye-ear-nose-throatHCNHydroxychloroquineImmunologyInfectious diseaseInternal medicineNeurologyPathologyPharmacologySARS-CoV-2Toxicology

Identifiers

PMID32935064
PMCPMC7480339
OpenAlexW3084282112

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