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ArticleNature2025

A MERS-CoV-like mink coronavirus uses ACE2 as an entry receptor.

Ningning Wang, Weiwei Ji, Houqi Jiao, Michael Veit, Ju Sun, Yanjun Wang, Xing Ma, Yu Wang, Yutong Wang, Xin-Xin Li and 14 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

24 authors.

Ningning Wang *Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Weiwei Ji *College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Houqi Jiao *Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Michael Veit *Institute for Virology, Center for Infection Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7638-1829
Ju Sun *CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEEID), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yanjun WangCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEEID), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xing MaAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yu WangAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yutong WangAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xin-Xin LiAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaoguang ZhangAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jie ChenAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jiayu WeiCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Ying XuCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Dawei GuoAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaofeng ZhaiAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Andres MeritsInstitute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Chang LiResearch Unit of Key Technologies for Prevention and Control of Virus Zoonoses, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3267-1859
Félix A ReyInstitut Pasteur, Unité de Virologie Structurale, Départment de Virologie, CNRS UMR 3569, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9953-7988
Georgi M DobrikovInstitute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
George F GaoCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEEID), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shuijun ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. zhangsj@njau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9875-1501
Yuhai BiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEEID), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. beeyh@im.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5595-363X
Shuo SuAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. shuosu@njau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0187-1185

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite accumulating evidence that bat-derived coronaviruses often require intermediate hosts to facilitate transmission to humans

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusMinkReceptors, VirusVirus InternalizationAnimalsChiropteraChlorocebus aethiopsCOVID-19Cryoelectron MicroscopyHaplorhiniHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein DomainsSARS-CoV-2ACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Receptors, VirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

Identifiers

PMID40306315

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