The ACE2-binding Interface of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Inherently Deflects Immune Recognition

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  1. SciScore for 10.1101/2020.11.03.365270: (What is this?)

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementConsent: All patients gave written consent for this study and all samples were de-identified by following IRB #i20-00595.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    The staining with a secondary antibody (anti-human IgG (FC gamma specific)-Alexa488, Jackson Immunoresearch), diluted 1/800 in PBS containing 1 % BSA, was performed in a total volume of 25 µl for 30 minutes at room temperature with shaking.
    anti-human IgG
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Establishment of ACE2-expressing A549 cells: A549 cells were transfected with pLenti.ACE2 lentiviral vector that encodes ACE2 and puromycin resistance (Tada et al., Submitted).
    A549
    suggested: NCI-DTP Cat# A549, RRID:CVCL_0023)
    Cell-based binding assay: The ACE2-A549 cells were detached from the flask using the citric saline buffer containing 15 mM sodium citrate and 135 mM KCl.
    ACE2-A549
    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: 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.
    • 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.

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