RIG-I-induced innate antiviral immunity protects mice from lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variableMice: B6.Cg-Tg(K18-ACE2)2Prlmn/J (K18-hACE2) were purchased from Jackson Laboratories and bred in-house at the University Hospital of Bonn. 8-to-20-week-old mice of both sexes were used throughout the study.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    BlindingThree scientists scored the sections in a blinded fashion as follows: 0 no staining; 1 weak staining, <5% brain area or <10% of lung area; 2 strong staining, 5-33% brain area or 10-50% of lung area; 3 strong staining >33% of brain area or >50% lung area.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    IgG ELISA: The presence of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies in the sera of mice was quantified using ELISA (QuantiVac, Euroimmun) according to the manufacturer’s recommendations, with the exception that the anti-human anti-IgG antibody in the kit was exchanged for a goat anti-mouse IgG-HRP conjugate (Jackson Immuno Research, 115-035-062), 1:5000 in 0.5% BSA in PBS.
    SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG
    suggested: None
    anti-human anti-IgG
    suggested: None
    anti-mouse IgG-HRP
    suggested: None
    For SARS-CoV-2 antigen immunohistochemistry, slides were incubated with blocking reagent (10% normal goat serum) followed by rabbit monoclonal antibody against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein (Biozol, SIN-40143-R019, 1:20000).
    SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein ( Biozol , SIN-40143-R019
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    The virus was passaged in VeroE6 cells and the viral titers were determined using a plaque assay as described in37.
    VeroE6
    suggested: JCRB Cat# JCRB1819, RRID:CVCL_YQ49)
    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Mice: B6.Cg-Tg(K18-ACE2)2Prlmn/J (K18-hACE2) were purchased from Jackson Laboratories and bred in-house at the University Hospital of Bonn. 8-to-20-week-old mice of both sexes were used throughout the study.
    B6.Cg-Tg(K18-ACE2)2Prlmn/J
    suggested: RRID:IMSR_JAX:034860)
    K18-hACE2 transgenic mice were lightly anesthetized with ketamine/xylazine, before 5×104 PFU of SARS-CoV-2 virus was pipetted onto the nose and subsequently inhaled by the animal.
    K18-hACE2
    suggested: RRID:IMSR_GPT:T037657)
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Tissue sections were visualized using an Aperio SlideScanner CS2 and the Aperio Imagescope 12.4 software (Leica).
    Imagescope
    suggested: (ImageScope, RRID:SCR_014311)
    Statistical analysis: All statistical tests were calculated using Prism 9 (GraphPad).
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    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
    NCT03739138CompletedIntratumoral/Intralesional Administration of MK-4621/JetPEI™…
    NCT0306502Trial number did not resolve on clinicaltrials.gov. Is the number correct?NA


    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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