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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

The Anti-Histamine Azelastine, Identified by Computational Drug Repurposing, Inhibits Infection by Major Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Cell Cultures and Reconstituted Human Nasal Tissue.

Robert Konrat, Henrietta Papp, Janine Kimpel, Annika Rössler, Valéria Szijártó, Gábor Nagy, Mónika Madai, Safia Zeghbib, Anett Kuczmog, Zsófia Lanszki and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert KonratDepartment of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Henrietta PappNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Janine KimpelDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Annika RösslerDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Valéria SzijártóCEBINA (Central European Biotech Incubator and Accelerator) GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Gábor NagyCEBINA (Central European Biotech Incubator and Accelerator) GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Mónika MadaiNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Safia ZeghbibNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Anett KuczmogNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Zsófia LanszkiNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Tanja GesellDepartment of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Zsuzsanna HelyesDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Medical School and Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Gábor KemenesiNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Ferenc JakabNational Laboratory of Virology, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Eszter NagyCalyxha Biotechnologies GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
University of Pecs · HUUniversität Innsbruck · ATMax Perutz Labs · ATUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

anti-viral activityazelastinecomputational drug repurposingCOVID-19nasal colonizationSARS-CoV-2variants of concern

Identifiers

PMID35846988
PMCPMC9280057
OpenAlexW4283735086

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