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ArticleNature communications2024

Discovery of orally bioavailable SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitor as a potential treatment for COVID-19.

Yongzhi Lu, Qi Yang, Ting Ran, Guihua Zhang, Wenqi Li, Peiqi Zhou, Jielin Tang, Minxian Dai, Jinpeng Zhong, Hua Chen and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers.

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Yongzhi Lu *Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9985-8546
Qi Yang *Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.ORCID 0009-0009-1648-4189
Ting Ran *Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1387-4634
Guihua ZhangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Wenqi LiGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Peiqi ZhouGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Jielin TangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Minxian DaiGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Jinpeng ZhongGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Hua ChenGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Pan HeGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Anqi ZhouSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China.
Bao XueGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Jiayi ChenGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Jiyun ZhangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Sidi YangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Kunzhong WuGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Xinyu WuGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Miru TangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.
Wei K ZhangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4960-6137
Deyin GuoGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8297-0814
Xinwen ChenGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China. chen_xinwen@gzlab.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4052-8155
Hongming ChenGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China. chen_hongming@gzlab.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-8065-8333
Jinsai ShangGuangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510005, China. shang_jinsai@gzlab.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8164-1544

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 821704730Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2021CX020227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), 3C-like protease (3CL

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2Administration, OralAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like ProteasesCOVID-19Drug DesignDrug DiscoveryFemaleHumansMiceProtease InhibitorsVero CellsAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like Proteasespapain-like protease, SARS-CoV-2Protease Inhibitors

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PMID39580525
PMCPMC11585628

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