Transcriptomic profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infected human cell lines identifies HSP90 as target for COVID-19 therapy

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Primary detection of hACE-2 was done using a goat anti-hACE-2 antibody (1:1,250; #AF933, R&D Systems), a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled donkey anti-goat antibody (1:5,000, Dianova) and Super Signal West Femto Chemiluminescence Substrate (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
    anti-hACE-2
    suggested: None
    HRP)-labeled donkey anti-goat antibody (1:5,000, Dianova)
    suggested: None
    As loading control, samples were analyzed for β-actin expression using a mouse anti-β-actin antibody (1:5,000, Sigma Aldrich) and a HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse antibody (1:10,000, Sigma-Aldrich).
    anti-β-actin
    suggested: None
    anti-mouse
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    (ATCC HTB-37) and H1299 (ATCC CRL-5803) were cultivated in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum, 1% non-essential amino acids, 1% L-glutamine and 1% sodium pyruvate (all Thermo Fisher Scientific) in a 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37 °C.
    H1299
    suggested: ATCC Cat# CRL-5803, RRID:CVCL_0060)
    Cells inoculated with cell culture supernatants from uninfected Vero cells mixed with OptiPro serum-free medium supplemented with 0.5% gelatine and PBS, in accordance to virus stock preparation, serves as mock infected controls.
    Vero
    suggested: CLS Cat# 605372/p622_VERO, RRID:CVCL_0059)
    For the assay Vero E6 cells were seeded to confluence and infected with serial dilution of virus-containing cell culture supernatant diluted in OptiPro serum-free medium.
    Vero E6
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_XD71)
    Infections for RNA sequencing experiments: Calu-3 cells and H1299 cells were seeded at a concentration of 6 x 10^5 cells/mL and 5 x 10^4 cells/mL, respectively.
    Calu-3
    suggested: None

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    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    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.
    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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