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ArticleViruses2021

Melatonin Inhibits Dengue Virus Infection via the Sirtuin 1-Mediated Interferon Pathway.

Atthapan Morchang, Shilu Malakar, Kanchanaphan Poonudom, Sansanee Noisakran, Pa-Thai Yenchitsomanus, Thawornchai Limjindaporn

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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 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Atthapan MorchangDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-9076-7886
Shilu MalakarDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-3579-1629
Kanchanaphan PoonudomDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
Sansanee NoisakranMolecular Biology of Dengue and Flaviviruses Research Team, Medical Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
Pa-Thai YenchitsomanusDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-9779-5927
Thawornchai LimjindapornDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-493X
Siriraj Hospital · THNational Science and Technology Development Agency · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) is the causative pathogen in the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. DENV is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected

Indexed as

A549 CellsAedesAnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell LineCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsDengueDengue VirusHumansInterferonsMelatoninMetabolic Networks and PathwaysSirtuin 1Vero CellsVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsInterferonsMelatoninSirtuin 1dengue virus infectionDENVmelatoninsirtuin 1 (SIRT1)-mediated interferon (IFN) pathway

Identifiers

PMID33920458
PMCPMC8070382
OpenAlexW3156529261

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