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ArticleScientific reports2021

DEspR

Joanne T deKay, Ivette F Emery, Jonathan Rud, Ashley Eldridge, Christine Lord, David J Gagnon, Teresa L May, Victoria L M Herrera, Nelson Ruiz-Opazo, Richard R Riker and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) orchestrates neutrophil hyperactivation in COVID-19.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. Infectious Diseases.Advances in neurobiology · 2024
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  14. Expression of DEspR in acute intracerebral hemorrhage.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2022
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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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joanne T deKayMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA.
Ivette F EmeryMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA.
Jonathan RudDepartment of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME, 04105, USA.
Ashley EldridgeDepartment of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME, 04105, USA.
Christine LordDepartment of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME, 04105, USA.
David J GagnonMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA.
Teresa L MayMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA.
Victoria L M HerreraWhitaker Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Nelson Ruiz-OpazoWhitaker Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Richard R RikerDepartment of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME, 04105, USA.
Douglas B SawyerMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA.
Sergey RyzhovMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA. sryzhov@mmc.org.
David B SederMaine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, 04074, USA. sederd@mmc.org.
Maine Medical Center · USBoston University · USMaine Medical Center Research Institute · US

Funding

Understanding Factors Influencing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Immigrant Low-income and Homeless Populations and Testing Targeted InterventionsU54GM115516 · NIGMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI CLIFFORD JAMES ROSEN · 2017 to 2026
$51.6M
Telemedicine to Reduce Disparities in the Identification and Treatment of Neonatal EncephalopathyP20GM139745 · NIGMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI David B. Seder · 2021 to 2026
$19.2M
Boston Biomedical Innovation CenterU54HL119145 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GOLAN, DAVID E., LOSCALZO, JOSEPH · 2013 to 2021
$18.8M
Progenitor Cell Analysis CoreP30GM106391 · NIGMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI WOJCHOWSKI, DON MICHAEL · 2013 to 2017
$5.7M
Neuregulin signaling in myeloid cellsR01HL136560 · NHLBI · MAINEHEALTH · PI Sergey Ryzhov · 2017 to 2026
$3.3M
Molecular determinants of the fate of human heart mesenchymal progenitor cellsR01HL139887 · NHLBI · MAINEHEALTH · PI SAWYER, DOUGLAS B, VARY, CALVIN PARDEE HULL · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136560NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139887NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL119145NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139745NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM106391NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115516NIH HHS P30GM106391NIH HHS U54HL119145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infection results in a spectrum of outcomes from no symptoms to widely varying degrees of illness to death. A better understanding of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent, often excessive, inflammation may inform treatment decisions and reveal opportunities for therapy. We studied immune cell subpopulations and their associations with clinical parameters in a cohort of 26 patients with COVID-19. Following informed consent, we collected blood samples from hospitalized patients with COVID-19 within 72 h of admission. Flow cytometry was used to analyze white blood cell subpopulations. Plasma levels of cytokines and chemokines were measured using ELISA. Neutrophils undergoing neutrophil extracellular traps (NET) formation were evaluated in blood smears. We examined the immunophenotype of patients with COVID-19 in comparison to that of SARS-CoV-2 negative controls. A novel subset of pro-inflammatory neutrophils expressing a high level of dual endothelin-1 and VEGF signal peptide-activated receptor (DEspR) at the cell surface was found to be associated with elevated circulating CCL23, increased NETosis, and critical-severity COVID-19 illness. The potential to target this subpopulation of neutrophils to reduce secondary tissue damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection warrants further investigation.

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AgedChemokinesCohort StudiesCOVID-19Critical IllnessCytokinesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayExtracellular TrapsFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedNeutrophilsPseudogenesSARS-CoV-2ChemokinesCytokinesFBXW7-AS1 non-coding RNA, human

Identifiers

PMID34789851
PMCPMC8599677
OpenAlexW3212944173

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