ArticleVirology2016
Mood stabilizers inhibit cytomegalovirus infection.
Article in Virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Challenges, Recent Advances and Perspectives in the Treatment of Human Cytomegalovirus Infections.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Back to the Future: The Role of Infections in Psychopathology. Focus on OCD.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2022Article
- [Valproic Acid Could Help in the Fight Against COVID-19: a case-control study].Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) · 2022Article
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- Valproic Acid and Its Amidic Derivatives as New Antivirals against Alphaherpesviruses.Viruses · 2020Review
- Clinical Infections by Herpesviruses in Patients Treated with Valproic Acid: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Spanish Primary Care Database, BIFAP.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Inhibition of Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Reactivation by the Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Clozapine.Viruses · 2019Article
- Valnoctamide Inhibits Cytomegalovirus Infection in Developing Brain and Attenuates Neurobehavioral Dysfunctions and Brain Abnormalities.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can generate debilitating disease in immunocompromised individuals and neonates. It is also the most common infectious cause of congenital birth defects in infected fetuses. Available anti-CMV drugs are partially effective but are limited by some toxicity, potential viral resistance, and are not recommended for fetal exposure. Valproate, valpromide, and valnoctamide have been used for many years to treat epilepsy and mood disorders. We report for the first time that, in contrast to the virus-enhancing actions of valproate, structurally related valpromide and valnoctamide evoke a substantial and specific inhibition of mouse and human CMV in vitro. In vivo, both drugs safely attenuate mouse CMV, improving survival, body weight, and developmental maturation of infected newborns. The compounds appear to act by a novel mechanism that interferes with CMV attachment to the cell. Our work provides a novel potential direction for CMV therapeutics through repositioning of agents already approved for use in psychiatric disorders.
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