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ArticleJournal of biomolecular screening2013

A cell-based screening platform identifies novel mosquitocidal toxins.

Melissa A O'Neal, Bruce A Posner, Craig J Coates, John M Abrams

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Article in Journal of biomolecular screening, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A O'NealUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Dallas, TX, USA.
Bruce A Posner
Craig J Coates
John M Abrams
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USTexas College · US

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Sandi Leigh Pruitt · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
Structure guided discovery of small molecule antagonists of Smac (DIABLO)/XIPAP01CA095471 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MCKNIGHT, STEVEN L · 2002 to 2011
$34.1M
Molecular and Genetic Control of Programmed Cell DeathR01GM072124 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ABRAMS, JOHN M · 2004 to 2016
$4.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA095471NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM072124NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM072124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pesticides currently in widespread use often lack species specificity and also become less effective as resistance emerges. Consequently, there is a pressing need to develop novel agents that are narrowly targeted and safe to humans. A cell-based screening platform was designed to discover compounds that are lethal to mosquito (Anopheles and Aedes) cells but show little or no activity against other insect (Drosophila) or human cell lines. Mosquito-specific, aqueous-stable cytotoxins were recovered at rare frequencies. Three of these were profiled for structure-activity relationships and also assessed in whole-animal toxicity assays. In at least one test case, species-specific cytotoxicity seen in culture effectively translated to the whole-animal level, with potent toxicity against Anopheles yet none against Drosophila. Therefore, this initiative has the potential to advance novel mosquitocidal agents and, in a broader sense, could establish a versatile platform for developing customized pesticides that selectively target other disease vectors as well.

Indexed as

AedesAnimalsAnophelesCell LineCytotoxinsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalInsect VectorsPesticidesSpecies SpecificityStructure-Activity RelationshipCytotoxinsPesticidesagriculturalanimal healthcell-based assayshigh-content screeningphenotypic drug discovery

Identifiers

PMID23407365
PMCPMC3687004
OpenAlexW2136920337

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