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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Recombinant Rod Domain of Vimentin Reduces SARS-CoV-2 Viral Replication by Blocking Spike Protein-ACE2 Interactions.

Fong Wilson Lam, Cameron August Brown, Shannon Elizabeth Ronca

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Vimentin Dynamics in Viral Infection: Shield or Sabotage?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  4. Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Extracellular Vimentin as a Target Against SARS-CoV-2 Host Cell Invasion.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fong Wilson LamDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2034-2625
Cameron August BrownDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Shannon Elizabeth RoncaDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · US

Funding

UTILIZING SOLUBLE VIMENTIN AND ITS COMPONENTS TO ATTENUATE INFLAMMATIONK08GM123261 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LAM, FONG WILSON · 2017 to 2021
$901k
NIGMS NIH HHS K08 GM123261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is the primary preventive intervention, there are still few antiviral therapies available, with current drugs decreasing viral replication once the virus is intracellular. Adding novel drugs to target additional points in the viral life cycle is paramount in preventing future pandemics. The purpose of this study was to create and test a novel protein to decrease SARS-CoV-2 replication. We created the recombinant rod domain of vimentin (rhRod) in

Indexed as

COVID-19PneumoniaAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2AnimalsCOVID-19 VaccinesEscherichia coliHumansMiceSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVimentinVirus ReplicationAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Vimentinacute lung injuryCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2vimentin

Identifiers

PMID38473724
PMCPMC10931652
OpenAlexW4391987486

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