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ArticleJournal of King Saud University. Science2022

Effect of insilico predicted and designed potential siRNAs on inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in HEK-293 cells.

Sayed Sartaj Sohrab, Sherif Aly El-Kafrawy, Esam Ibraheem Azhar

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Article in Journal of King Saud University. Science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sayed Sartaj SohrabSpecial Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Post Box, No-80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Sherif Aly El-KafrawySpecial Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Post Box, No-80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Esam Ibraheem AzharSpecial Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Post Box, No-80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The COVID-19 was identified for the first time from the sea food market, Wuhan city, China in 2019 and the pathogenic organism was identified as SARS-CoV-2. Currently, this virus has spread to 223 countries and territories and known as a serious issue for the global human community. Many vaccines have been developed and used for immunization. Methods: We have reported the insilico prediction, designing, secondary structure prediction, molecular docking analysis, and Results: The analyzed data resulted in the selection of only three siRNAs out of twenty-six siRNAs generated by online software. The secondary structure prediction and molecular docking analysis of siRNAs revealed the efficient binding to the target. There was no cellular toxicity observed in the HEK-293 cells at any tested concentrations of siRNAs. The purification of RNA was completed from inoculated cells and subjected to q-RT-PCR. The highest Ct value was observed in siRNA 3 than the others. The results offered valuable evidence and invigorated us to assess the potency of siRNAs by using alone or in combination in other human cells. Conclusion: The data generated from this study indicates the significance of in silico prediction and narrow down the potential siRNA' against SARS-CoV-2, and molecular docking investigation offered the effective siRNAs binding with the target. Finally, it is concluded that the online bioinformatics approach provided the prediction and selection of siRNAs with better antiviral efficacy. The siRNA-3 was observed to be the best for reduction of viral RNA in cells.

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COVID-19, The new Coronavirus Disease 2019DesigningHEK-293 cellsIn silico predictionMFE, Minimum free energyPCR, Polymerase Chain ReactionRNAi, RNA interferenceSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coranavirus-2siRNAssiRNA, short interfering RNAWHO, World Health Organization

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PMID35313445
PMCPMC8925144
OpenAlexW4220854387

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