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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2021

Efficient Inhibition of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Replication and cccDNA Formation by HBV Ribonuclease H Inhibitors during Infection.

Ranjit Chauhan, Qilan Li, Molly E Woodson, Makafui Gasonoo, Marvin J Meyers, John E Tavis

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. The progress of molecules and strategies for the treatment of HBV infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ranjit ChauhanDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Qilan LiDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Molly E WoodsonDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Makafui GasonooSaint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Marvin J MeyersSaint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
John E TavisDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis Universitygrid.262962.b, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8711-4240
Saint Louis University · US

Funding

Lead optimization of Hepatitis B Virus ribonuclease H inhibitorsR01AI150610 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI MEYERS, MARVIN J, TAVIS, JOHN E · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Optimization of alpha-hydroxytropolones as novel inhibitors of the HBV RNaseHR01AI122669 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI TAVIS, JOHN E · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
HBV RNaseH inhibitors: Effects on HBV biology and resistance developmentR01AI148362 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI TAVIS, JOHN E · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI122669NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148362NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) ribonuclease H (RNase H) is an attractive but unexploited drug target. Here, we addressed three limitations to the current state of RNase H inhibitor development: (a) Efficacy has been assessed only in transfected cell lines. (b) Cytotoxicity data are from transformed cell lines rather than primary cells. (c) It is unknown how the compounds work against nucleos(t)ide analog resistant HBV strains. Three RNase H inhibitors from different chemotypes, 110 (α-hydroxytropolone), 1133 (

Indexed as

Hepatitis BHepatitis B virusAntiviral AgentsDNA, CircularDNA, ViralHumansRibonuclease HVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsDNA, CircularDNA, ViralRibonuclease HcccDNAHBV replicationinfectionRNase H inhibitors

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PMID34516242
PMCPMC8597750
OpenAlexW3199044565

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