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ReviewPhysiological reports2021

Mucin signature as a potential tool to predict susceptibility to COVID-19.

Mukulika Bose, Bhaskar Mitra, Pinku Mukherjee

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Review in Physiological reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Comparing the Cytokine Storms of COVID-19 and Pandemic Influenza.Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research · 2022
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  10. Targeting mucin hypersecretion in COVID-19 therapy.Future medicinal chemistry · 2022
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  12. Ex-vivo mucolytic and anti-inflammatory activity of BromAc in tracheal aspirates from COVID-19.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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  18. Gastrointestinal mucosal immunity and COVID-19.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mukulika BoseDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-7413
Bhaskar MitraIdaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5584-1390
Pinku MukherjeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Corona Virus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has played havoc on both the global health and economy. It is necessary to find a molecular signature that differentiates between low-risk and high-risk individuals. Pathogens, including viruses of the upper respiratory tract, utilize mucin proteins to enter into host cells. Mucins are critical components of innate immunity and also play important roles in infectious disease progression. Their expression is regulated by different cytokines during infection and inflammation. A comparison of mucin signatures between an asymptomatic versus symptomatic and between patients with mild versus severe symptoms could help identify other important proteins involved in the pathology of this new virus. Recent studies on the pathogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 have found receptors that help its entry into the cells. In this review, we present an overview of how mucins are connected to the pathogenicity of the virus and propose that studying the glycome and mucin signature may lead to the development of a biomarker in predicting the susceptibility, progression, and response to therapy in COVID-19 patients.

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COVID-19AnimalsHumansMucinsSARS-CoV-2TranscriptomeMucins

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PMID33373502
PMCPMC7771898

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