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ArticleNature microbiology2020

Metallodrug ranitidine bismuth citrate suppresses SARS-CoV-2 replication and relieves virus-associated pneumonia in Syrian hamsters.

Shuofeng Yuan, Runming Wang, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Anna Jinxia Zhang, Tianfan Cheng, Kenn Ka-Heng Chik, Zi-Wei Ye, Suyu Wang, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Lijian Jin and 4 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. COVID-19 drug discovery and treatment options.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024
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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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuofeng Yuan *State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Runming Wang *Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory of Metallomics on Health and Environment, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8525-5659
Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan *State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Anna Jinxia ZhangState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Tianfan ChengFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3212-6228
Kenn Ka-Heng ChikState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Zi-Wei YeState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Suyu WangDepartment of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory of Metallomics on Health and Environment, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Andrew Chak-Yiu LeeState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Lijian JinFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-9710
Hongyan LiDepartment of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory of Metallomics on Health and Environment, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
Dong-Yan JinSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2778-3530
Kwok-Yung YuenState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China. kyyuen@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2083-1552
Hongzhe SunDepartment of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory of Metallomics on Health and Environment, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China. hsun@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-6899
University of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital · CNState Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is causing a pandemic of COVID-19, with high infectivity and significant mortality

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusBismuthChemokinesChlorocebus aethiopsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalHEK293 CellsHumansLungMesocricetusPandemicsAntiviral AgentsBismuthChemokinesCytokinesRanitidineranitidine bismuth citrateRNA Helicases

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PMID33028965
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