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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Host Synthesized Carbohydrate Antigens on Viral Glycoproteins as "Achilles' Heel" of Viruses Contributing to Anti-Viral Immune Protection.

Uri Galili

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uri GaliliRush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Rush University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glycans on enveloped viruses are synthesized by host-cell machinery. Some of these glycans on zoonotic viruses of mammalian reservoirs are recognized by human natural antibodies that may protect against such viruses. These antibodies are produced mostly against carbohydrate antigens on gastrointestinal bacteria and fortuitously, they bind to carbohydrate antigens synthesized in other mammals, neutralize and destroy viruses presenting these antigens. Two such antibodies are: anti-Gal binding to

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen-Antibody ReactionsAntigens, ViralEvolution, MolecularGalactosyltransferasesGlycoproteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansPrimatesVirus DiseasesAntigens, ViralGalactosyltransferasesGlycoproteinsanti-Galanti-Neu5Gcblood groups ABO and BombayCovid-19glycan shieldNeu5Gcviral epidemicsviral vaccineszoonotic virusα-gal epitopes

Identifiers

PMID32933166
PMCPMC7555091
OpenAlexW3084622911

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Registered trials

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