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SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Long COVID-Part 2: Understanding the Impact of Spike Protein and Cellular Receptor Interactions on the Pathophysiology of Long COVID Syndrome.

Bruno Pereira de Melo, Jhéssica Adriane Mello da Silva, Mariana Alves Rodrigues, Julys da Fonseca Palmeira, Angélica Amorim Amato, Gustavo Adolfo Argañaraz, Enrique Roberto Argañaraz

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bruno Pereira de MeloLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0003-7222-429X
Jhéssica Adriane Mello da SilvaLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0001-7566-3496
Mariana Alves RodriguesLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0001-0595-5880
Julys da Fonseca PalmeiraLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2724-369X
Angélica Amorim AmatoLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8454-5504
Gustavo Adolfo ArgañarazLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1612-2411
Enrique Roberto ArgañarazLaboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4359-7594

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infection has had a significant impact on global health through both acute illness, referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and chronic conditions (long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, PASC). Despite substantial advancements in preventing severe COVID-19 cases through vaccination, the rise in the prevalence of long COVID syndrome and a notable degree of genomic mutation, primarily in the S protein, underscores the necessity for a deeper understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms related to the S protein of SARS-CoV-2. In this review, the latest part of this series, we investigate the potential pathophysiological molecular mechanisms triggered by the interaction between the spike protein and cellular receptors. Therefore, this review aims to provide a differential and focused view on the mechanisms potentially activated by the binding of the spike protein to canonical and non-canonical receptors for SARS-CoV-2, together with their possible interactions and effects on the pathogenesis of long COVID.

Indexed as

COVID-19Receptors, VirusSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeProtein BindingReceptors, VirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2cellular receptorsinteractionsspike protein

Identifiers

PMID40431631
PMCPMC12115913

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