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ReviewVirology journal2011

siRNAs: potential therapeutic agents against hepatitis C virus.

Usman A Ashfaq, Muhammad Z Yousaf, Maida Aslam, Rahat Ejaz, Shah Jahan, Obaid Ullah

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In one paragraph

Review in Virology journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Recent advances of enterovirus 71Virology journal · 2020
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  6. Silencing HCV Replication in Its Reservoir.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2018
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  8. Lipid nanoparticle delivery systems for siRNA-based therapeutics.Drug delivery and translational research · 2014
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  12. RNAi: antiviral therapy against dengue virus.Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Usman A AshfaqDivision of Molecular Medicine, National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. usmancemb@gmail.com
Muhammad Z Yousaf
Maida Aslam
Rahat Ejaz
Shah Jahan
Obaid Ullah
University of the Punjab · PKUniversity of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · PKCentre of Excellence in Molecular Biology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus is a major cause of chronic liver diseases which can lead to permanent liver damage, hepatocellular carcinoma and death. The presently available treatment with interferon plus ribavirin, has limited benefits due to adverse side effects such as anemia, depression and "flu-like" symptoms. Needless to mention, the effectiveness of interferon therapy is predominantly, if not exclusively, limited to virus type 3a and 3b whereas in Europe and North America the majority of viral type is 1a and 2a. Due to the limited efficiency of current therapy, RNA interference (RNAi) a novel regulatory and powerful silencing approach for molecular therapeutics through a sequence-specific RNA degradation process represents an alternative option. Several reports have indicated the efficiency and specificity of synthetic and vector based siRNAs inhibiting HCV replication. In the present review, we focused that combination of siRNAs against virus and host genes will be a better option to treat HCV.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsBiological ProductsHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansRNA, Small InterferingAntiviral AgentsBiological ProductsRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID21645341
PMCPMC3118364
OpenAlexW2023963554

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