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ArticleBrain communications2023

Antiviral activity of glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors in alphavirus infection of the central nervous system.

Roy Avraham, Sharon Melamed, Hagit Achdout, Noam Erez, Ofir Israeli, Moria Barlev-Gross, Metsada Pasmanik-Chor, Nir Paran, Tomer Israely, Einat B Vitner

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Article in Brain communications, 2023. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roy AvrahamDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Sharon MelamedDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Hagit AchdoutDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Noam ErezDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Ofir IsraeliDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Moria Barlev-GrossDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Metsada Pasmanik-ChorBioinformatics Unit, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-7885
Nir ParanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Tomer IsraelyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Einat B VitnerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, 7410001 Ness-Ziona, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8578-8551
Israel Institute for Biological Research · ILTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus-induced CNS diseases impose a considerable human health burden worldwide. For many viral CNS infections, neither antiviral drugs nor vaccines are available. In this study, we examined whether the synthesis of glycosphingolipids, major membrane lipid constituents, could be used to establish an antiviral therapeutic target. We found that neuroinvasive Sindbis virus altered the sphingolipid levels early after infection

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alphavirusesantiviral drugencephalitisglucosylceramidesphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID37168733
PMCPMC10165247
OpenAlexW4360891440

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