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ArticleScientific reports2020

VZHE-039, a novel antisickling agent that prevents erythrocyte sickling under both hypoxic and anoxic conditions.

Osheiza Abdulmalik, Piyusha P Pagare, Boshi Huang, Guoyan G Xu, Mohini S Ghatge, Xiaomeng Xu, Qiukan Chen, Nancy Anabaraonye, Faik N Musayev, Abdelsattar M Omar and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Osheiza AbdulmalikDivision of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. abdulmalik@email.chop.edu.
Piyusha P PagareDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Boshi HuangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Guoyan G XuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Mohini S GhatgeDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Xiaomeng XuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Qiukan ChenDivision of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Nancy AnabaraonyeDivision of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Faik N MusayevDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Abdelsattar M OmarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Alsulaymanyah, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Jürgen VenitzDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
Martin K SafoDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA. msafo@vcu.edu.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USKing Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

Hemoglobin Modifiers for Sickle Cell Disease TherapyR01MD009124 · NIMHD · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SAFO, MARTIN K · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
X-ray Crystallographic Data Collection SystemS10OD021756 · OD · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SAFO, MARTIN K · 2017 to 2017
$600k
NIH HHS S10 OD021756NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD009124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sickle cell disease (SCD) results from a hemoglobin (Hb) mutation βGlu6 → βVal6 that changes normal Hb (HbA) into sickle Hb (HbS). Under hypoxia, HbS polymerizes into rigid fibers, causing red blood cells (RBCs) to sickle; leading to numerous adverse pathological effects. The RBC sickling is made worse by the low oxygen (O

Indexed as

AdultAnemia, Sickle CellAntisickling AgentsCaco-2 CellsCell HypoxiaCrystallography, X-RayDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalErythrocytes, AbnormalHemoglobin, SickleHumansModels, MolecularOxygenProtein MultimerizationAntisickling AgentsHemoglobin, SickleOxygen

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PMID33219275
PMCPMC7679387
OpenAlexW3099354740

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