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ArticlemBio2021

Mechanism of Microbial Metabolite Leupeptin in the Treatment of COVID-19 by Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs.

Lifeng Fu, Shuai Shao, Yong Feng, Fei Ye, Xue Sun, Qingling Wang, Feng Yu, Qisheng Wang, Baoying Huang, Peihua Niu and 5 more

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Insights into the structural properties of SARS-CoV-2 main protease.Current research in structural biology · 2022
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  16. Qingfei Paidu Decoction for COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis.Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES · 2021
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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

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lifeng Fu *CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shuai Shao *National Institute for Radiological Protection, China CDC, Beijing, China.
Yong Feng *CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Fei Ye *NHC Key Laboratory of Biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
Xue SunCenter for Precision Medicine Multi-Omics Research, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Qingling WangShaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Feng YuShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qisheng WangShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Baoying HuangNHC Key Laboratory of Biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
Peihua NiuNHC Key Laboratory of Biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
Xuebing LiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Catherine C L WongCenter for Precision Medicine Multi-Omics Research, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jianxun QiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9358-4732
Wenjie TanNHC Key Laboratory of Biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
George Fu GaoCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3869-615X
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention · CNPeking University · CNNational Institute for Radiological Protection · CN

Funding

CAS | Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Project (CAS Key Project) XDB29010202MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (973 Program) 2016YFD0500300National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 21807109National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 81673358National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 82161148008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused huge deaths and economic losses worldwide in the current pandemic. The main protease (M

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsEcosystemHumansLeupeptinsMedicine, Chinese TraditionalSARS-CoV-2Vero CellsleupeptinLeupeptinsleupeptinmain proteaseplants, microbiome, and microbial metabolites ecosystemSARS-CoV-2TCM modernization research

Identifiers

PMID34579576
PMCPMC8546846
OpenAlexW3203986310

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