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ArticleACS central science2021

CD209L/L-SIGN and CD209/DC-SIGN Act as Receptors for SARS-CoV-2.

Razie Amraei, Wenqing Yin, Marc A Napoleon, Ellen L Suder, Jacob Berrigan, Qing Zhao, Judith Olejnik, Kevin Brown Chandler, Chaoshuang Xia, Jared Feldman and 8 more

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Article 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 183 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

183 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 244 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Razie AmraeiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Wenqing YinRenal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Marc A NapoleonRenal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Ellen L SuderDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Jacob BerriganDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Qing ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Judith OlejnikDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Kevin Brown ChandlerCenter for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-9652
Chaoshuang XiaCenter for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Jared FeldmanRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Blake M HauserRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Timothy M CaradonnaRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Aaron G SchmidtRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Suryaram GummuluruDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Elke MühlbergerDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Vipul ChitaliaRenal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.
Catherine E CostelloCenter for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1594-5122
Nader RahimiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-1725
Boston University · USRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Regulatory Compliance CoreUC7AI095321 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI ROBERT A DAVEY · 2014 to 2026
$159.3M
Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
Translational ScienceP30AI042853 · NIAID · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI CURT G BECKWITH · 1998 to 2026
$51.7M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
BIOLOGY OF THE LUNG--MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMT32HL007035 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Darrell N. Kotton, JOSEPH P MIZGERD · 1985 to 2026
$24.3M
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008313 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MURTHY, VENKATESH N · 1989 to 2023
$14.6M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Mechanism of cell-associated HIV-1 transmissionR01AI064099 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GUMMULURU, SURYARAM · 2005 to 2020
$5.9M
Epitope focusing to the receptor binding motif for a universal coronavirus vaccineR01AI146779 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SCHMIDT, AARON GREGORY · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
Persistent HIV expression induced type I IFN responses and inflammagingR01AG060890 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GUMMULURU, SURYARAM, LIN, NINA H. · 2018 to 2022
$3.8M
Mechanisms of Marburg virus gene expressionR01AI133486 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FEARNS, RACHEL, MUHLBERGER, ELKE C · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Legacy Support During Closure of the Mass Spectrometry Resource for Biology and MedicineR24GM134210 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI COSTELLO, CATHERINE E. · 2019 to 2021
$2.1M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, investigating the processes underlying the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 and its hosts is of high importance. Here, we report the identification of CD209L/L-SIGN and the related protein CD209/DC-SIGN as receptors capable of mediating SARS-CoV-2 entry into human cells. Immunofluorescence staining of human tissues revealed prominent expression of CD209L in the lung and kidney epithelia and endothelia. Multiple biochemical assays using a purified recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain (S-RBD) or S1 encompassing both N termal domain and RBD and ectopically expressed CD209L and CD209 revealed that CD209L and CD209 interact with S-RBD. CD209L contains two

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