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ArticleViruses2021

Transcriptomic Analysis of Respiratory Tissue and Cell Line Models to Examine Glycosylation Machinery during SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Anup Oommen, Stephen Cunningham, Lokesh Joshi

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anup OommenAdvanced Glycoscience Research Cluster (AGRC), National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7653-5106
Stephen CunninghamAdvanced Glycoscience Research Cluster (AGRC), National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0373-6948
Lokesh JoshiAdvanced Glycoscience Research Cluster (AGRC), National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

European Regional Development Fund 13/RC/2073Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 825033Science Foundation Ireland 13/RC/2073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylation, being the most abundant post-translational modification, plays a profound role affecting expression, localization and function of proteins and macromolecules in immune response to infection. Presented are the findings of a transcriptomic analysis performed using high-throughput functional genomics data from public repository to examine the altered transcription of the human glycosylation machinery in response to SARS-CoV-2 stimulus and infection. In addition to the conventional in silico functional enrichment analysis methods we also present results from the manual analysis of biomedical literature databases to bring about the biological significance of glycans and glycan-binding proteins in modulating the host immune response during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our analysis revealed key immunomodulatory lectins, proteoglycans and glycan epitopes implicated in exerting both negative and positive downstream inflammatory signaling pathways, in addition to its vital role as adhesion receptors for SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. A hypothetical correlation of the differentially expressed human glycogenes with the altered host inflammatory response and the cytokine storm-generated in response to SARS-CoV-2 pathogen is proposed. These markers can provide novel insights into the diverse roles and functioning of glycosylation pathways modulated by SARS-CoV-2, provide avenues of stratification, treatment, and targeted approaches for COVID-19 immunity and other viral infectious agents.

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BiomarkersCOVID-19Databases, GeneticEpitopesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGlycosylationHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInflammationLectinsPolysaccharidesSARS-CoV-2Signal TransductionBiomarkersEpitopesLectinsPolysaccharidesbiomarkerglycosylationimmune functioninfectionsusceptibilitytherapeutictranscription

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PMID33435561
PMCPMC7827443
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