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ReviewMolecular biomedicine2020

Update on treatment and preventive interventions against COVID-19: an overview of potential pharmacological agents and vaccines.

Yinan Xiao, Hanyue Xu, Wen Guo, Yunuo Zhao, Yuling Luo, Ming Wang, Zhiyao He, Zhenyu Ding, Jiyan Liu, Lei Deng and 2 more

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Review in Molecular biomedicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yinan Xiao *Department of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Hanyue Xu *West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Wen Guo *West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Yunuo ZhaoDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Yuling LuoDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Ming WangInfectious Diseases Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Zhiyao HeDepartment of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Zhenyu DingDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Jiyan LiuDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Lei DengJacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10465 USA.
Fushen ShaDepartment of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, 11203 USA.
Xuelei MaDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNState Key Laboratory of BiotherapySichuan University · CNJacobi Medical Center · USState University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) triggered by the new member of the coronaviridae family, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has created an unprecedented challenge for global health. In addition to mild to moderate clinical manifestations such as fever, cough, and fatigue, severe cases often developed lethal complications including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury. Given the alarming rate of infection and increasing trend of mortality, the development of underlying therapeutic and preventive treatment, as well as the verification of its effectiveness, are the top priorities. Current research mainly referred to and evaluated the application of the empirical treatment based on two precedents, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), including antiviral drugs targeting different stages of virus replication, immunotherapy modulating the overactivated inflammation response, and other therapies such as herbal medicine and mesenchymal stem cells. Besides, the ongoing development of inventing prophylactic interventions such as various vaccines by companies and institutions worldwide is crucial to decline morbidity and mortality. This review mainly focused on promising candidates for the treatment of COVID-19 and collected recently updated evidence relevant to its feasibility in clinical practice in the near future.

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Antiviral drugsCOVID-19ImmunotherapySARS-CoV-2Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID34765999
PMCPMC7711057
OpenAlexW3108001928

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