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ArticleNature communications2021

Identification of pyrogallol as a warhead in design of covalent inhibitors for the SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease.

Haixia Su, Sheng Yao, Wenfeng Zhao, Yumin Zhang, Jia Liu, Qiang Shao, Qingxing Wang, Minjun Li, Hang Xie, Weijuan Shang and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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85citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
24.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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25 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

19 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Haixia Su *CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7174-3851
Sheng Yao *University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wenfeng Zhao *CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2517-4747
Yumin Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0767-1221
Jia Liu *University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8167-9750
Qiang Shao *CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qingxing WangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1028-1267
Minjun LiShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Hang XieCAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Weijuan ShangState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Changqiang KeState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, and Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Lu FengState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, and Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiangrui JiangCAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Jingshan ShenCAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9679-9934
Gengfu XiaoUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hualiang JiangCAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0656-6315
Leike ZhangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zhangleike@wh.iov.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2593-2571
Yang YeUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. yye@simm.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1316-5915
Yechun XuCAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, and Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. ycxu@simm.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1581-6155
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Institute of Materia Medica · CNWuhan Institute of Virology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) urgently needs an effective cure. 3CL protease (3CL

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like ProteasesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug DesignFlavonoidsHEK293 CellsHumansKineticsLigandsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtease InhibitorsPyrogallolSARS-CoV-2Viral Nonstructural Proteins3C-like protease, SARS coronavirusAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like ProteasesFlavonoidsLigandsmyricetinpapain-like protease, SARS-CoV-2Protease InhibitorsPyrogallolViral Nonstructural Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34131140
PMCPMC8206078
OpenAlexW3168181021

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