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ReviewCells2022

COVID-19 and Liquid Homeostasis in the Lung-A Perspective through the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) Lens.

Emily F Brown, Tamapuretu Mitaera, Martin Fronius

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Fibrinolytic system and COVID-19: From an innovative view of epithelial ion transport.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2023
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily F BrownDepartment of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Tamapuretu MitaeraDepartment of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Martin FroniusDepartment of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
University of Otago · NZMaurice Wilkins Centre · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections with a new corona virus in 2019 lead to the definition of a new disease known as Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The sever cases of COVID-19 and the main cause of death due to virus infection are attributed to respiratory distress. This is associated with the formation of pulmonary oedema that impairs blood oxygenation and hypoxemia as main symptoms of respiratory distress. An important player for the maintenance of a defined liquid environment in lungs needed for normal lung function is the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). The present article reviews the implications of SARS-CoV-2 infections from the perspective of impaired function of ENaC. The rationale for this perspective is derived from the recognition that viral spike protein and ENaC share a common proteolytic cleavage site. This cleavage site is utilized by the protease furin, that is essential for ENaC activity. Furin cleavage of spike 'activates' the virus protein to enable binding to host cell membrane receptors and initiate cell infection. Based on the importance of proteolytic cleavage for ENaC function and activation of spike, it seems feasible to assume that virus infections are associated with impaired ENaC activity. This is further supported by symptoms of COVID-19 that are reminiscent of impaired ENaC function in the respiratory tract.

Indexed as

COVID-19Respiratory Distress SyndromeEpithelial Sodium ChannelsFurinHomeostasisHumansLungPeptide HydrolasesSARS-CoV-2Viral ProteinsEpithelial Sodium ChannelsFurinPeptide HydrolasesViral Proteinsairway liquidalveolar liquidCOVID-19epithelial Na+ channelproteasesproteolytic cleavageSARS-CoV-2transepithelial ion transport

Identifiers

PMID35681496
PMCPMC9180030
OpenAlexW4281621569

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Registered trials

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