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ReviewJournal of virology2025

Cathepsins in cellular entry of human pathogenic viruses.

Tejal Pathak, Sampurna Pal, Indranil Banerjee

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Review in Journal of virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. How endosomal PIKfyve inhibition prevents viral membrane fusion and entry.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Tejal Pathak *Cellular Virology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India.
Sampurna Pal *Cellular Virology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India.ORCID 0009-0002-2702-0661
Indranil BanerjeeCellular Virology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0808-2392

Funding

Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research In Science (STARS) MoE-STARS/STARS1/297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the life cycle of a virus, host cell entry represents the first step that a virus needs to undertake to gain access to the cell interior for replication. Once a virus attaches itself to its target cell receptor, it activates endogenous cellular responses and exploits host cell factors for its internalization, fusion, and genome release. Among the host factors that critically contribute to the viral entry processes are cathepsins, which are the most abundant endo/lysosomal proteases with diverse physiological functions. This review summarizes previous findings on how different cathepsins contribute to the host cell entry of human pathogenic viruses, focusing on their specific roles in the entry processes of both enveloped and non-enveloped RNA viruses. A comprehensive knowledge of the functions of different cathepsins in viral entry will provide valuable insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying viral infections and can be useful in the development of new antiviral strategies.

Indexed as

CathepsinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsRNA VirusesVirus DiseasesVirus InternalizationAnimalsHumansCathepsinscathepsininfectioninhibitorviral entryvirus

Identifiers

PMID40135892
PMCPMC11998514

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