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ReviewJournal of medicinal chemistry2021

Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors.

Kaifu Gao, Rui Wang, Jiahui Chen, Jetze J Tepe, Faqing Huang, Guo-Wei Wei

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kaifu GaoDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7574-4870
Rui WangDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7402-6372
Jiahui ChenDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5416-6231
Jetze J TepeDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5467-5589
Faqing HuangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States.
Guo-Wei WeiDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5781-2937
Michigan State University · USUniversity of Southern Mississippi · US

Funding

Synergistic integration of topology and machine learning for the predictions of protein-ligand binding affinities and mutation impactsR01GM126189 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WEI, GUOWEI · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126189
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main protease (M

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentProtease InhibitorsSARS-CoV-2AnimalsHumansStructure-Activity Relationship3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesProtease Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34798775
PMCPMC9357291
OpenAlexW3211990695

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Registered trials

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