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ReviewDrug discovery today2021

Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system and SARS-CoV-2.

Antonio Vitiello, Chiara Pelliccia, Francesco Ferrara

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Pharmacotherapy Based on ACE2 Targeting and COVID-19 Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  11. Nanoparticles for Coronavirus Control.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  17. Commentary of the mRNA vaccines COVID-19.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2021
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio VitielloUSL Umbria 1, Pharmaceutical Department, Perugia, Italy.
Chiara PellicciaUSL Umbria 2, Pharmaceutical Department, Terni, Italy.
Francesco FerraraUSL Umbria 1, Pharmaceutical Department, Perugia, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.ferrara@uslumbria1.it.
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara · ITUniversity for Foreigners Perugia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the ongoing global Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, resulting in thousands of deaths worldwide and representing a health challenge with few precedents in human history. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) facilitates the access of SARS-CoV-2 to cells. Therapeutic agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) might be able to modulate the concentration of ACE-2 and the various components of the system. Here, we discuss current pharmacological, molecular, and clinical evidence to investigate whether drugs acting on RAS with modulation of the ACE-2 concentration have added value in combating SARS-CoV-2 infection. We also highlight the possible deleterious action of the ACE/Ang-II/AT-1r axis and possible beneficial role of the ACE-2/Ang 1-7/MasR axis in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by SARS-CoV-2, discussing the possibility of addressing the various RAS components with drug treatments to improve clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19HumansRenin-Angiotensin SystemVirus InternalizationAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2

Identifiers

PMID33486116
PMCPMC7825840
OpenAlexW3121920429

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