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ArticleLife science alliance2021

A systems-based method to repurpose marketed therapeutics for antiviral use: a SARS-CoV-2 case study.

Mengran Wang, Johanna B Withers, Piero Ricchiuto, Ivan Voitalov, Michael McAnally, Helia N Sanchez, Alif Saleh, Viatcheslav R Akmaev, Susan Dina Ghiassian

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Article in Life science alliance, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mengran WangScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Johanna B WithersScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Piero RicchiutoScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Ivan VoitalovScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Michael McAnallyScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Helia N SanchezScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Alif SalehScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Viatcheslav R AkmaevScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.
Susan Dina GhiassianScipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA dina.ghiassian@scipher.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4745-6331

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes two complementary methods that use network-based and sequence similarity tools to identify drug repurposing opportunities predicted to modulate viral proteins. This approach could be rapidly adapted to new and emerging viruses. The first method built and studied a virus-host-physical interaction network; a three-layer multimodal network of drug target proteins, human protein-protein interactions, and viral-host protein-protein interactions. The second method evaluated sequence similarity between viral proteins and other proteins, visualized by constructing a virus-host-similarity interaction network. Methods were validated on the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human papillomavirus, then deployed on SARS-CoV-2. Comparison of virus-host-physical interaction predictions to known antiviral drugs had AUCs of 0.69, 0.59, 0.78, and 0.67, respectively, reflecting that the scores are predictive of effective drugs. For SARS-CoV-2, 569 candidate drugs were predicted, of which 37 had been included in clinical trials for SARS-CoV-2 (AUC = 0.75,

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug RepositioningSystems BiologyAntiviral AgentsClinical Trials as TopicComputer SimulationGene OntologyHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansROC CurveSARS-CoV-2Viral ProteinsAntiviral AgentsViral Proteins

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PMID33593923
PMCPMC7893815
OpenAlexW3131154833

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