Molnupiravir combined with different repurposed drugs further inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection in human nasal epithelium in vitro

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsConsent: Reconstituted nasal epithelium - MucilAir™: Human nasal epithelial cells were obtained from patients undergoing polypectomy, experimental procedures were explained in full, and all subjects provided informed consent.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    BlindingCompounds were selected using available data from primary screens using various cell lines (Vero E6, HeLa-ACE2, Calu-3) and organoids and were obtained blinded as 10 mM stock solution in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Vero E6 cells modified to constitutively express the serine protease TMPRSS2 (35) were obtained from the Centre for AIDS Reagents (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control) and were incubated for 3 days at 37°C, 5% CO2 and >85% rH prior to CPE determination by crystal violet staining.
    Vero E6
    suggested: None

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: We found the following clinical trial numbers in your paper:

    IdentifierStatusTitle
    NCT04262921RecruitingFrench COVID Cohort


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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