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ArticleMediators of inflammation2021

Recombinant Human Thymosin Beta-4 Protects against Mouse Coronavirus Infection.

Rui Yu, Yunyun Mao, Kai Li, Yanfang Zhai, Yue Zhang, Shuling Liu, Yuemei Gao, Zhengshan Chen, Yanhong Liu, Ting Fang and 4 more

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rui YuBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yunyun MaoBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Kai LiBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yanfang ZhaiBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yue ZhangBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Shuling LiuBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yuemei GaoBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Zhengshan ChenBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yanhong LiuBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Ting FangBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Mengsu ZhaoBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Ruihua LiBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.
Junjie XuBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-837X
Wei ChenBeijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-2469
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped and harbor an unusually large (30-32 kb) positive-strand linear RNA genome. Highly pathogenic coronaviruses cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) (MERS-CoV) in humans. The coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) infects mice and serves as an ideal model of viral pathogenesis, mainly because experiments can be conducted using animal-biosafety level-2 (A-BSL2) containment. Human thymosin beta-4 (T

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Murine hepatitis virusAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus InfectionsC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRecombinant ProteinsRNA, ViralThymosinThymosin beta(4)Virus ReplicationAntibodies, ViralC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, ViralThymosinThymosin beta(4)

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PMID33967626
PMCPMC8081638
OpenAlexW3159900894

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