Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33600811›Full record

ReviewExperimental eye research2021

High expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors in human conjunctival goblet cells.

Ruiqi Ma, Lu Gan, Sanjie Jiang, Peiwen Ding, Dongsheng Chen, Jihong Wu, Jiang Qian

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Experimental eye research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ruiqi MaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fudan Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China; Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Lu GanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fudan Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China; Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Sanjie JiangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
Peiwen DingBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
Dongsheng ChenBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China. Electronic address: chendongsheng@genomics.cn.
Jihong WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fudan Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China; Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: jihongwu@fudan.edu.cn.
Jiang QianDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fudan Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China; Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: qianjiang@fudan.edu.cn.
BGI Group (China) · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNEye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor has been proved for SARS-CoV-2 cell entry after auxiliary cellular protease priming by transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2), but the co-effect of this molecular mechanism was unknown. Here, single-cell sequencing was performed with human conjunctiva and the results have shown that ACE2 and TMPRSS2 were highly co-expressed in the goblet cells with genes involved in immunity process. This identification of conjunctival cell types which are permissive to virus entry would help to understand the process by which SARS-CoV-2 infection was established. These finding might be suggestive for COVID-19 control and protection.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationConjunctivaCOVID-19Goblet CellsHumansPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ARNASARS-CoV-2Serine EndopeptidasesPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ARNASerine EndopeptidasesTMPRSS2 protein, humanACE2Conjunctival goblet cellSARS‐CoV‐2TMPRSS2

Identifiers

PMID33600811
PMCPMC7883706
OpenAlexW3131140950

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.