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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Targeting spike glycans to inhibit SARS-CoV2 viral entry.

Alex J Guseman, Linda J Rennick, Sham Nambulli, Chandra N Roy, David R Martinez, Darian T Yang, Fatema Bhinderwala, Sandra Vergara, Alexandra Schaefer, Ralph S Baric and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alex J GusemanDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.ORCID 0000-0002-9796-5719
Linda J RennickCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0001-5974-6921
Sham NambulliCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Chandra N RoyCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
David R MartinezDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Darian T YangDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Fatema BhinderwalaDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Sandra VergaraDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Alexandra SchaeferDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Ralph S BaricDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.ORCID 0000-0001-6827-8701
Zandrea AmbroseCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-8610-2766
W Paul DuprexCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0003-1716-6376
Angela M GronenbornDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.ORCID 0000-0001-9072-3525
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Technology Development 2: MAS NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization for HIV-1 structural biologyP50AI150481 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI POLENOVA, TATYANA · 2019 to 2021
$14.1M
Project 3: Serological Interactions with the Mucosal Innate Immune System Regulates COVID-19 Associated Tissue Damage.U54CA260543 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WOLFGANG, MATTHEW C · 2020 to 2024
$9.8M
Developing Lectins as Inhibitors of Coronavirus Spike ProteinsK99GM145970 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GUSEMAN, ALEX JOSEPH · 2022 to 2023
$152k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS U54 CA260543NIAID NIH HHS P50 AI150481NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM145970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 spike harbors glycans which function as ligands for lectins. Therefore, it should be possible to exploit lectins to target SARS-CoV-2 and inhibit cellular entry by binding glycans on the spike protein.

Indexed as

COVID-19AgglutininsBurkholderiaHumansLectinsPolysaccharidesRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirus InternalizationAgglutininsLectinsPolysaccharidesRNA, ViralSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2glycan shieldlectinsSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID37695910
PMCPMC10515186
OpenAlexW4386590204

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