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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2017

Airway proteases: an emerging drug target for influenza and other respiratory virus infections.

Manon Laporte, Lieve Naesens

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manon LaporteRega Institute for Medical Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lieve NaesensRega Institute for Medical Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: lieve.naesens@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven · BERega Institute for Medical Research · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To enter into airway epithelial cells, influenza, parainfluenza- and coronaviruses rely on host cell proteases for activation of the viral protein involved in membrane fusion. One protease, transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) was recently proven to be crucial for hemagglutinin cleavage of some human influenza viruses. Since the catalytic sites of the diverse serine proteases linked to influenza, parainfluenza- and coronavirus activation are structurally similar, active site inhibitors of these airway proteases could have broad therapeutic applicability against multiple respiratory viruses. Alternatively, superior selectivity could be achieved with allosteric inhibitors of TMPRSS2 or another critical protease. Though still in its infancy, airway protease inhibition represents an attractive host-cell targeting approach to combat respiratory viruses such as influenza.

Indexed as

AnimalsCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMiceOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPeptide HydrolasesProtease InhibitorsRespiratory SystemSerine EndopeptidasesSerine ProteasesPeptide HydrolasesProtease InhibitorsSerine EndopeptidasesSerine ProteasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTMPRSS2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID28414992
PMCPMC7102789
OpenAlexW2605692774

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