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ArticleCell journal2021

Is There any Alternative Receptor for SARS-CoV-2?

Mahtab Shahriari Felordi, Arash Memarnejadian, Mustapha Najimi, Massoud Vosough

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Article in Cell journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune Response and the Pathogenesis of COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  11. Omicron Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Virus:Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahtab Shahriari FelordiDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Arash MemarnejadianSernova Corp., London, Ontario, Canada.
Mustapha NajimiLaboratory of Pediatric Hepatology and Cell Therapy, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.Email: mustapha.najimi@uclouvain.be.
Massoud VosoughDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. Email: masvos@royaninstitute.org.
Royan Institute · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2) in association with type II transmembrane serine protease (TMPRSS2) is considered the main receptor of SARS-CoV-2. However, considering the clinical complications of COVID-19 in different organs, there is no strong association between the abundance of ACE2/TMPRSS2 co-expression and clinical features of the disease and the severity of complications. Since SARS-CoV-2 affects certain organs that lack or have low expression of ACE2/TMPRSS2, it may be possible that the virus employs other receptors for colonization and entry. Based on recent studies, glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) can be a potential alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2 entry. In this letter, supporting evidence proposed GRP78 as an alternative receptor in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme IICOVID-19Endoplasmic Reticulum StressHSPA5SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34096226
PMCPMC8181318
OpenAlexW3168531064

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