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ArticleAntiviral research2016

The D-form of a novel heparan binding peptide decreases cytomegalovirus infection in vivo and in vitro.

Elisabeth A Pitt, Pranay Dogra, Ravi S Patel, Angela Williams, Jonathan S Wall, Tim E Sparer

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Article in Antiviral research, 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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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RNA-targeted proteomics identifies YBX1 as critical for efficient HCMV mRNA translation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabeth A PittUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Pranay DograUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Ravi S PatelUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Angela WilliamsDepartment of Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
Jonathan S WallDepartment of Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA; Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
Tim E SparerUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: tsparer@utk.edu.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

Preclinical Diagnostic Imaging of AmyloidR01DK079984 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI WALL, JONATHAN S · 2009 to 2016
$3.4M
Viral Chemokine Alteration of Neutrophil FunctionsR01AI071042 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI SPARER, TIMOTHY E · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI071042NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK079984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in utero can lead to congenital sensory neural hearing loss and mental retardation. Reactivation or primary infection can increase the morbidity and mortality in immune suppressed transplant recipients and AIDS patients. The current standard of care for HCMV disease is nucleoside analogs, which can be nephrotoxic. In addition resistance to current treatments is becoming increasingly common. In an effort to develop novel CMV treatments, we tested the effectiveness of the D-form of a novel heparan sulfate binding peptide, p5R

Indexed as

CytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsDrug Resistance, ViralFibroblastsGanciclovirHeparan SulfateHumansLungPeptidesSpleenViral LoadVirus ReplicationGanciclovirHeparan SulfatePeptidesCytomegalovirusGanciclovirHCMVHeparan sulfateMCMVPeptideProtease resistance

Identifiers

PMID27678155
PMCPMC5099097
OpenAlexW2523438690

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