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ReviewACS central science2021

Modifications in an Emergency: The Role of N1-Methylpseudouridine in COVID-19 Vaccines.

Kellie D Nance, Jordan L Meier

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Review in ACS central science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 264 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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264citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

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

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  19. Perturbation of RNA homeostasis impairs mitochondrial respiration during poxvirus infection through excess RNA accumulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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204 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Kellie D NanceChemical Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 538 Chandler Street, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4396-9124
Jordan L MeierChemical Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 538 Chandler Street, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-7101

Funding

Targeting Cancer Through Modifications and MetabolismZIABC011488 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MEIER, JORDAN L · 2013 to 2025
$21.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, has inspired one of the most efficient vaccine development campaigns in human history. A key aspect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is the use of the modified nucleobase N1-methylpseudouridine (m1Ψ) to increase their effectiveness. In this Outlook, we summarize the development and function of m1Ψ in synthetic mRNAs. By demystifying how a novel element within these medicines works, we aim to foster understanding and highlight future opportunities for chemical innovation.

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PMID34075344
PMCPMC8043204

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