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ReviewHepatic medicine : evidence and research2020

Repurposing of N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Dengue Virus-Induced Acute Liver Failure.

Gebrehiwot Gebremedhin Tafere, Dawit Zewdu Wondafrash, Filmon Beyenne Demoz

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Review in Hepatic medicine : evidence and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gebrehiwot Gebremedhin TafereDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-6274-0106
Dawit Zewdu WondafrashDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0003-1127-6443
Filmon Beyenne DemozDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Mekelle University · ET

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of dengue infection-induced acute liver damage is increasing from time to time. Since it has no specific antiviral treatment in the world, people in endemic areas suffer more from dengue disorders. Thus, there is a need for searching options for the treatment of dengue-induced acute liver failure. N-acetylcysteine, which is used for the treatment of nasal congestion disorder and paracetamol overdose toxicity, could be used as a definitive therapy for dengue virus-induced acute liver disease. Therefore, this review discusses the therapeutic use of N-acetylcysteine for dengue-induced acute liver disease. Various case reports and case series showed that patients received NAC recovered from their clinical status. Additionally, a preclinical study showed that N-acetylcysteine has anti-dengue virus activity. Thus, N-acetylcysteine could be used as a definitive therapy in dengue virus-induced hepatitis. This might encourage researchers to further investigate the importance of N-acetylcysteine for dengue virus-induced hepatitis.

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acute liver failuredengue virusN-acetylcysteine

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PMID33177895
PMCPMC7650016
OpenAlexW3094733263

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