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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2021

Optimized cell systems for the investigation of hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoproteins.

Mphatso D Kalemera, Joan Capella-Pujol, Ana Chumbe, Alexander Underwood, Rowena A Bull, Janke Schinkel, Kwinten Sliepen, Joe Grove

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mphatso D KalemeraInstitute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, The Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
Joan Capella-PujolDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ana ChumbeDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alexander UnderwoodViral Immunology Systems Program, The Kirby Institute, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Rowena A BullViral Immunology Systems Program, The Kirby Institute, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Janke SchinkelDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kwinten SliepenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Joe GroveInstitute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, The Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLThe Royal Free Hospital · GBThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

Medical Research CouncilWellcome TrustWellcome Trust 107653/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Great strides have been made in understanding and treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) thanks to the development of various experimental systems including cell-culture-proficient HCV, the HCV pseudoparticle system and soluble envelope glycoproteins. The HCV pseudoparticle (HCVpp) system is a platform used extensively in studies of cell entry, screening of novel entry inhibitors, assessing the phenotypes of clinically observed E1 and E2 glycoproteins and, most pertinently, in characterizing neutralizing antibody breadth induced upon vaccination and natural infection in patients. Nonetheless, some patient-derived clones produce pseudoparticles that are either non-infectious or exhibit infectivity too low for meaningful phenotyping. The mechanisms governing whether any particular clone produces infectious pseudoparticles are poorly understood. Here we show that endogenous expression of CD81, an HCV receptor and a cognate-binding partner of E2, in producer HEK 293T cells is detrimental to the infectivity of recovered HCVpp for most strains. Many HCVpp clones exhibited increased infectivity or had their infectivity rescued when they were produced in 293T cells CRISPR/Cas9 engineered to ablate CD81 expression (293T

Indexed as

Antibody AffinityGene Knockdown TechniquesHEK293 CellsHepacivirusHepatitis CHepatitis C AntibodiesHepatitis C AntigensHumansMannosePolysaccharidesProtein BindingReceptors, VirusTetraspanin 28Viral Envelope ProteinsCD81 protein, humanE1 protein, Hepatitis C virusglycoprotein E2, Hepatitis C virusHepatitis C AntibodiesHepatitis C AntigensMannosePolysaccharidesReceptors, VirusTetraspanin 28Viral Envelope Proteinshuman betacoronavirushuman hepaciviruspseudoparticlereceptorviral glycoprotein

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PMID33147126
PMCPMC8116788
OpenAlexW3095931871

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