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ArticleGenes2021

A Resource for the Network Representation of Cell Perturbations Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Livia Perfetto, Elisa Micarelli, Marta Iannuccelli, Prisca Lo Surdo, Giulio Giuliani, Sara Latini, Giusj Monia Pugliese, Giorgia Massacci, Simone Vumbaca, Federica Riccio and 6 more

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Livia PerfettoFondazione Human Technopole, Department of Biology, Via Cristina Belgioioso, 171, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4392-8725
Elisa MicarelliDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Marta IannuccelliDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2374-3531
Prisca Lo SurdoFondazione Human Technopole, Department of Biology, Via Cristina Belgioioso, 171, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Giulio GiulianiDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4648-0076
Sara LatiniDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2353-3155
Giusj Monia PuglieseDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9473-4982
Giorgia MassacciDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Simone VumbacaDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1940-3355
Federica RiccioDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Claudia FuocoDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8372-305X
Serena PaoluziDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Luisa CastagnoliDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5283-8671
Gianni CesareniDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9528-6018
Luana LicataDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5084-9000
Francesca SaccoDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via delle Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5586-9529
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITHuman Technopole · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG 2017 n. 20322Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro Start-Up Grant n. 21815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 2.3 million casualties worldwide and the lack of effective treatments is a major health concern. The development of targeted drugs is held back due to a limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the perturbation of cell physiology observed after viral infection. Recently, several approaches, aimed at identifying cellular proteins that may contribute to COVID-19 pathology, have been reported. Albeit valuable, this information offers limited mechanistic insight as these efforts have produced long lists of cellular proteins, the majority of which are not annotated to any cellular pathway. We have embarked in a project aimed at bridging this mechanistic gap by developing a new bioinformatic approach to estimate the functional distance between a subset of proteins and a list of pathways. A comprehensive literature search allowed us to annotate, in the SIGNOR 2.0 resource, causal information underlying the main molecular mechanisms through which severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and related coronaviruses affect the host-cell physiology. Next, we developed a new strategy that enabled us to link SARS-CoV-2 interacting proteins to cellular phenotypes via paths of causal relationships. Remarkably, the extensive information about inhibitors of signaling proteins annotated in SIGNOR 2.0 makes it possible to formulate new potential therapeutic strategies. The proposed approach, which is generally applicable, generated a literature-based causal network that can be used as a framework to formulate informed mechanistic hypotheses on COVID-19 etiology and pathology.

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Signal TransductionAutophagyCOVID-19Gene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksHost Microbial InteractionsHumansInflammationProteomePubMedSARS-CoV-2Proteomecausal networkenrichment analysishigh-throughput experimentssignaling pathwaysthe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Identifiers

PMID33809949
PMCPMC8004236
OpenAlexW3138145655

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