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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Hypozincemia in COVID-19 Patients Correlates With Stronger Antibody Response.

Wenye Xu, Yingzhi Liu, Xuan Zou, Huanle Luo, Weihua Wu, Junjie Xia, Matthew T V Chan, Shisong Fang, Yuelong Shu, William K K Wu and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenye XuDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yingzhi LiuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xuan ZouShenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Huanle LuoSchool of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yet-Sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Weihua WuShenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Junjie XiaShenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Matthew T V ChanDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Shisong FangShenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Yuelong ShuKey Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
William K K WuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lin ZhangDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKSun Yat-sen University · CNShenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc ion as an enzyme cofactor exhibits antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity during infection, but circulating zinc ion level during Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate serum zinc ion level in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients and healthy subjects, as well as its correlation with antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. 114 COVID-19 patients and 48 healthy subjects (38 healthy volunteers and 10 close contacts of patients with COVID-19) were included. Zinc ion concentration and levels of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike 1 + Spike 2 proteins, nucleocapsid protein, and receptor-binding domain in serum were measured. Results showed that the concentration of zinc ion in serum from COVID-19 patients [median: 6.4 nmol/mL (IQR 1.5 - 12.0 nmol/mL)] were significantly lower than that from the healthy subjects [median: 15.0 nmol/mL (IQR 11.9 - 18.8 nmol/mL)] (

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ImmunityAdultAntibodies, ViralCase-Control StudiesCations, DivalentCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19FemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedPhosphoproteinsProtein DomainsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective StudiesAntibodies, ViralCations, DivalentCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsImmunoglobulin Gnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2PhosphoproteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2ZincantibodyCOVID - 19RBDSARS – CoV – 2zinc

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PMID35058926
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