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ArticleBlood advances2021

The SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain preferentially recognizes blood group A.

Shang-Chuen Wu, Connie M Arthur, Jianmei Wang, Hans Verkerke, Cassandra D Josephson, Daniel Kalman, John D Roback, Richard D Cummings, Sean R Stowell

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Article in Blood advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shang-Chuen WuJoint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Connie M ArthurCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
Jianmei WangCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
Hans VerkerkeCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
Cassandra D JosephsonCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
Daniel KalmanCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
John D RobackCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; and.
Richard D CummingsHarvard Glycomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Sean R StowellJoint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Funding

Engineering iPSC-RBCs for TransfusionR01HL138656 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ROBACK, JOHN D, STOWELL, SEAN R · 2017 to 2020
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

ABO Blood-Group SystemAlveolar Epithelial CellsAmino Acid SequenceCarbohydrate ConformationCarbohydrate SequenceConsensus SequenceCOVID-19Erythrocyte MembraneGalectin 4GalectinsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansOligosaccharidesOligosaccharides, Branched-ChainOrgan SpecificityProtein BindingABO Blood-Group Systemblood group A trisaccharideGalectin 4GalectinsLGALS9 protein, humanOligosaccharidesOligosaccharides, Branched-ChainSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33656534
PMCPMC7929867

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