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ReviewMolecular biology reports2022

Dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase, and serine hydroxy methyltransferase: successful targets against some infectious diseases.

Hina Shamshad, Rowaida Bakri, Agha Zeeshan Mirza

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecular biology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hina ShamshadFaculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-8984
Rowaida BakriCollege of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Agha Zeeshan MirzaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. dr.zeeshan80@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2688-8215
Jinnah University for Women · PKUmm al-Qura University · SAUniversity of Karachi · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitic diseases have a serious impact on the world in terms of health and economics and are responsible for worldwide mortality and morbidity. The present review features the hybrid targeting involving three main enzymes for the treatment of different parasitic diseases. The enzymes Dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase, and Serine hydroxy methyltransferase play an essential role in the folate pathway. The present review focuses on these enzymes, which can be targeted against several diseases. It shed light on the past, present, and future of these targets, and it can be assessed that these targets can play a significant role against several infectious diseases. For combating viral and protozoal infectious diseases, these targets in combination should be addressed.

Indexed as

Communicable DiseasesTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseHumansMethyltransferasesSerineThymidylate SynthaseMethyltransferasesSerineTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseThymidylate SynthaseAnd SHMTDHFRInfectious diseasesTS

Identifiers

PMID35253073
PMCPMC8898753
OpenAlexW4220750621

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