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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2020

Peptide and peptide-based inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 entry.

Desiree Schütz, Yasser B Ruiz-Blanco, Jan Münch, Frank Kirchhoff, Elsa Sanchez-Garcia, Janis A Müller

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
99citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-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

99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Desiree SchützInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Yasser B Ruiz-BlancoComputational Biochemistry, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany.
Jan MünchInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Frank KirchhoffInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Elsa Sanchez-GarciaComputational Biochemistry, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany. Electronic address: elsa.sanchez-garcia@uni-due.de.
Janis A MüllerInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany. Electronic address: janis.mueller@uni-ulm.de.
Universität Ulm · DEUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, no effective vaccines or therapies are available against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pandemic agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Due to their safety, efficacy and specificity, peptide inhibitors hold great promise for the treatment of newly emerging viral pathogens. Based on the known structures of viral proteins and their cellular targets, antiviral peptides can be rationally designed and optimized. The resulting peptides may be highly specific for their respective targets and particular viral pathogens or exert broad antiviral activity. Here, we summarize the current status of peptides inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 entry and outline the strategies used to design peptides targeting the ACE2 receptor or the viral spike protein and its activating proteases furin, transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2), or cathepsin L. In addition, we present approaches used against related viruses such as SARS-CoV-1 that might be implemented for inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAmino Acid SequenceAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19Drug Delivery SystemsHumansPeptide FragmentsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiarySARS-CoV-2Serine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsPeptide FragmentsSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTMPRSS2 protein, humanAntiviralCoronavirusCOVID-19FusionPeptide drug

Identifiers

PMID33189768
PMCPMC7665879
OpenAlexW3105996820

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