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ReviewExpert opinion on therapeutic targets2009

Virus maturation as a new HIV-1 therapeutic target.

Catherine S Adamson, Karl Salzwedel, Eric O Freed

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Review in Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine S AdamsonVirus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
Karl Salzwedel
Eric O Freed
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USOffice of AIDS Research · US

Funding

Inhibition of HIV-1 MaturationZIABC010778 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FREED, ERIC · 2009 to 2025
$9.7M
Inhibition of HIV-1 MaturationZ01BC010778 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FREED, ERIC · 2007 to 2008
$620k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010778
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of novel therapeutic targets against HIV-1 is a high research priority owing to the serious clinical consequences associated with acquisition of resistance to current antiretroviral drugs. The HIV-1 structural protein Gag represents a potential new therapeutic target as it plays a central role in virus particle production yet is not targeted by any of the antiretroviral drugs approved at present. The Gag polyprotein precursor multimerizes to form immature particles that bud from the infected cell. Concomitant with virus release, the Gag precursor undergoes proteolytic processing by the viral protease to generate the mature Gag proteins, which include capsid (CA). Once liberated from the Gag polyprotein precursor, CA molecules interact to reassemble into a condensed conical core, which organizes the viral RNA genome and several viral proteins to facilitate virus replication in the next round of infection. Correct Gag proteolytic processing and core assembly are therefore essential for virus infectivity. In this review, we discuss new strategies to inhibit maturation by targeting proteolytic cleavage sites in Gag or CA-CA interactions required for core formation. The identification and development of lead maturation inhibitors are highlighted.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnti-HIV AgentsDrug Delivery SystemsHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMolecular Sequence DataVirus ReplicationAnti-HIV Agents

Identifiers

PMID19534569
PMCPMC2737327
OpenAlexW2034897068

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