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ReviewViruses2021

Single-Molecule FRET Imaging of Virus Spike-Host Interactions.

Maolin Lu

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maolin LuDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research 109998-67-RKVA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a major surface glycoprotein of enveloped viruses, the virus spike protein is a primary target for vaccines and anti-viral treatments. Current vaccines aiming at controlling the COVID-19 pandemic are mostly directed against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. To promote virus entry and facilitate immune evasion, spikes must be dynamic. Interactions with host receptors and coreceptors trigger a cascade of conformational changes/structural rearrangements in spikes, which bring virus and host membranes in proximity for membrane fusion required for virus entry. Spike-mediated viral membrane fusion is a dynamic, multi-step process, and understanding the structure-function-dynamics paradigm of virus spikes is essential to elucidate viral membrane fusion, with the ultimate goal of interventions. However, our understanding of this process primarily relies on individual structural snapshots of endpoints. How these endpoints are connected in a time-resolved manner, and the order and frequency of conformational events underlying virus entry, remain largely elusive. Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) has provided a powerful platform to connect structure-function in motion, revealing dynamic aspects of spikes for several viruses: SARS-CoV-2, HIV-1, influenza, and Ebola. This review focuses on how smFRET imaging has advanced our understanding of virus spikes' dynamic nature, receptor-binding events, and mechanism of antibody neutralization, thereby informing therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

Membrane FusionVirus InternalizationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHost Microbial InteractionsHumansProtein BindingReceptors, VirusSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralReceptors, VirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2conformational dynamicsFörster resonance energy transfer (FRET)HIV-1influenza and EbolaSARS-CoV-2single-molecule imagingspike proteinsviral membrane fusionvirus entryvirus–host interactions

Identifiers

PMID33669922
PMCPMC7924862
OpenAlexW3130665366

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