Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29133569›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Efficacy of Tilorone Dihydrochloride against Ebola Virus Infection.

Sean Ekins, Mary A Lingerfelt, Jason E Comer, Alexander N Freiberg, Jon C Mirsalis, Kathleen O'Loughlin, Anush Harutyunyan, Claire McFarlane, Carol E Green, Peter B Madrid

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 65 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sean EkinsCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Mary A LingerfeltCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Jason E ComerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Alexander N FreibergDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Jon C MirsalisBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Kathleen O'LoughlinBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Anush HarutyunyanBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Claire McFarlaneBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Carol E GreenBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Peter B MadridBioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA peter.madrid@sri.com.
SRI International · USCollaborations Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Repurposing pyronaridine as a treatment for the Ebola virusR21TR001718 · NCATS · COLLABORATIONS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI DAVEY, ROBERT A, EKINS, SEAN · 2016 to 2017
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NCATS NIH HHS R21 TR001718NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201000040CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201000040INIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201100022I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tilorone dihydrochloride (tilorone) is a small-molecule, orally bioavailable drug that is used clinically as an antiviral outside the United States. A machine-learning model trained on anti-Ebola virus (EBOV) screening data previously identified tilorone as a potent

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiviral AgentsCaco-2 CellsCell Line, TumorEbolavirusFemaleHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicrosomes, LiverTiloroneAntiviral AgentsTiloroneantiviralEbola virusEbola virus diseaseinterferon inducertilorone

Identifiers

PMID29133569
PMCPMC5786809
OpenAlexW2768755579

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