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ArticleDiabetes research and clinical practice2020

SARS-CoV-2 and DPP4 inhibition: Is it time to pray for Janus Bifrons?

Dario Pitocco, Linda Tartaglione, Luca Viti, Mauro Di Leo, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Salvatore Caputo

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Article in Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The roles of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in prognosis of COVID-19 infection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2022
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  12. Flavonoids against the SARS-CoV-2 induced inflammatory storm.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2021
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  15. Can SARS-CoV-2 Virus Use Multiple Receptors to Enter Host Cells?International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  19. Potential Benefits and Harms of Novel Antidiabetic Drugs During COVID-19 Crisis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dario PitoccoDiabetes Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: dario.pitocco@policlinicogemelli.it.
Linda TartaglioneDiabetes Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Luca VitiDiabetes Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Mauro Di LeoDiabetes Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alfredo PontecorviDepartment of Endocrinology, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Salvatore CaputoDiabetes Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes could be a risk factor for severity and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19. It has been hypothesized that DPP4 inhibition, a therapy currently available for type 2 diabetes, might represent a target for decreasing the risk of the acute respiratory complications of the COVID-19 infection but (1) lack of demonstration of SARS-CoV2 binding to DPP4 (2) possible protective role of sDPP4 in Middle East respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) (3) demonstrated inhibition and downregulation of DPP4 by HIV1 and MERS-CoV and (4) not exclusive role of the receptor binding in tropism of the Coronavirus family, support that DPP4 inhibition at present doesn't represent a plausible approach to mitigate COVID-19.

Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsHumansHypoglycemic AgentsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralDipeptidyl Peptidase 4Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsACE 2COVID 19DiabetesDPP4

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PMID32335097
PMCPMC7179491
OpenAlexW3018788792

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