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ArticleNature2022

Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation.

Akatsuki Saito, Takashi Irie, Rigel Suzuki, Tadashi Maemura, Hesham Nasser, Keiya Uriu, Yusuke Kosugi, Kotaro Shirakawa, Kenji Sadamasu, Izumi Kimura and 33 more

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 399 papers.

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399citing papers in PubMed
37.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

399 citing papers in PubMed, 668 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

43 authors at 13 institutions in 3 countries.

Akatsuki Saito *Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2792-4399
Takashi Irie *Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3765-8482
Rigel Suzuki *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Tadashi Maemura *Division of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Hesham Nasser *Division of Molecular Virology and Genetics, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-1665
Keiya Uriu *Division of Systems Virology, Department of Infectious Disease Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yusuke Kosugi *Division of Systems Virology, Department of Infectious Disease Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Kotaro ShirakawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-1276
Kenji SadamasuTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0541-706X
Izumi KimuraDivision of Systems Virology, Department of Infectious Disease Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Jumpei ItoDivision of Systems Virology, Department of Infectious Disease Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0440-8321
Jiaqi WuDepartment of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kiyoko Iwatsuki-HorimotoDivision of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8266-020X
Mutsumi ItoDivision of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Seiya YamayoshiDivision of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7768-5157
Samantha LoeberDepartment of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Masumi TsudaDepartment of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-5905
Lei WangDepartment of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6145-395X
Seiya OzonoDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1764-2937
Erika P ButlertanakaDepartment of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-7238
Yuri L TanakaDepartment of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9866-4398
Ryo ShimizuDivision of Molecular Virology and Genetics, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Kenta ShimizuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3825-7018
Kumiko YoshimatsuInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-2753
Ryoko KawabataInstitute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Takemasa SakaguchiInstitute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3754-1252
Kenzo TokunagaDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2625-5322
Isao YoshidaTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroyuki AsakuraTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-6786
Mami NagashimaTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8069-9250
Yasuhiro KazumaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1046-8286
Ryosuke NomuraDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yoshihito HorisawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazuhisa YoshimuraTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Akifumi Takaori-KondoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-4284
Masaki ImaiDivision of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium
Shinya TanakaDepartment of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan. tanaka@med.hokudai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6470-3301
So NakagawaDepartment of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. so@tokai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1760-3839
Terumasa IkedaDivision of Molecular Virology and Genetics, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. ikedat@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2869-9450
Takasuke FukuharaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan. fukut@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-8331
Yoshihiro KawaokaDivision of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. yoshihiro.kawaoka@wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-8296
Kei SatoDivision of Systems Virology, Department of Infectious Disease Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. KeiSato@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-1380
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPHokkaido University · JPKumamoto University · JPKyoto University · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health · JPTokyo University of Science · JPUniversity of Miyazaki · JPHiroshima University · JPTokai University · JPUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido · JPHokusho University · JPSuez Canal University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a variety of mutations have accumulated in the viral genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, at the time of writing, four variants of concern are considered to be potentially hazardous to human society

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Membrane FusionMutationAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19CricetinaeGiant CellsMaleMesocricetusPhylogenySARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirulenceVirus ReplicationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID34823256
PMCPMC8828475
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