Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37863905›Full record

ArticleNature communications2023

Single virus fingerprinting by widefield interferometric defocus-enhanced mid-infrared photothermal microscopy.

Qing Xia, Zhongyue Guo, Haonan Zong, Scott Seitz, Celalettin Yurdakul, M Selim Ünlü, Le Wang, John H Connor, Ji-Xin Cheng

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. IR-AMES uncovers structure and composition of Alzheimer's tau oligomers.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Nanoscopic acoustic vibrational dynamics of a single virus captured by ultrafast spectroscopy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qing XiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Zhongyue GuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Haonan ZongDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Scott SeitzDepartment of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Celalettin YurdakulDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1755-4873
M Selim ÜnlüDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Le WangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
John H ConnorDepartment of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. jhconnor@bu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8867-7256
Ji-Xin ChengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. jxcheng@bu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5607-6683
Boston University · US

Funding

The Center for Label-free Imagingand Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB)P41EB031772 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Stephen A Boppart · 2022 to 2026
$7.6M
Advancement of poxvirus inhibitorR01AI151559 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BROWN, LAUREN ELAINE, CONNOR, JOHN H · 2020 to 2025
$5.8M
Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging to Unveil Hidden Signatures in Living SystemsR35GM136223 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CHENG, JI-XIN · 2020 to 2025
$5.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI151559NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031772NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical identification and fundamental study of viruses rely on the detection of viral proteins or viral nucleic acids. Yet, amplification-based and antigen-based methods are not able to provide precise compositional information of individual virions due to small particle size and low-abundance chemical contents (e.g., ~ 5000 proteins in a vesicular stomatitis virus). Here, we report a widefield interferometric defocus-enhanced mid-infrared photothermal (WIDE-MIP) microscope for high-throughput fingerprinting of single viruses. With the identification of feature absorption peaks, WIDE-MIP reveals the contents of viral proteins and nucleic acids in single DNA vaccinia viruses and RNA vesicular stomatitis viruses. Different nucleic acid signatures of thymine and uracil residue vibrations are obtained to differentiate DNA and RNA viruses. WIDE-MIP imaging further reveals an enriched β sheet components in DNA varicella-zoster virus proteins. Together, these advances open a new avenue for compositional analysis of viral vectors and elucidating protein function in an assembled virion.

Indexed as

Nucleic AcidsVesicular StomatitisAnimalsDNAMicroscopyVesicular stomatitis Indiana virusVesiculovirusViral ProteinsDNANucleic AcidsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID37863905
PMCPMC10589364
OpenAlexW4387812676

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.