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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Something Old, Something New: Ion Channel Blockers as Potential Anti-Tuberculosis Agents.

Steven C Mitini-Nkhoma, Elizabeth T Chimbayo, David T Mzinza, David V Mhango, Aaron P Chirambo, Christine Mandalasi, Agness E Lakudzala, Dumizulu L Tembo, Kondwani C Jambo, Henry C Mwandumba

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Meta-analysis reveals a core iron-responsive gene signature in Mycobacterium tuberculosis linking siderophore biosynthesis, virulence, and metabolic adaptation.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  5. Host-directed therapy for tuberculosis.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  9. LncRNA NR_003508 SuppressesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

10 authors.

Steven C Mitini-NkhomaMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Elizabeth T ChimbayoMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
David T MzinzaMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
David V MhangoMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Aaron P ChiramboMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Christine MandalasiMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Agness E LakudzalaMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Dumizulu L TemboMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Kondwani C JamboMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Henry C MwandumbaMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.

Funding

Lung immune function in human TB infection and its perturbation by HIV-1.R01AI155319 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MWANDUMBA, HENRY CHARLES, RUSSELL, DAVID G · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Medical Research Council MR/P020526/1Medical Research Council MR/T008822/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI155319Wellcome Trust 206545/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a challenging global health concern and claims more than a million lives every year. We lack an effective vaccine and understanding of what constitutes protective immunity against TB to inform rational vaccine design. Moreover, treatment of TB requires prolonged use of multi-drug regimens and is complicated by problems of compliance and drug resistance. While most

Indexed as

Drug DesignAntitubercular AgentsCalcium Channel BlockersDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansIon ChannelsMacrophagesMycobacterium tuberculosisPotassium Channel BlockersSodium Channel BlockersTuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsCalcium Channel BlockersIon ChannelsPotassium Channel BlockersSodium Channel Blockersdrug-repurposingefflux pumphost-directed therapiesion channel blockermycobacteriumtuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34248944
PMCPMC8264357

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