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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2022

Enterovirus A71 antivirals: Past, present, and future.

Jun Wang, Yanmei Hu, Madeleine Zheng

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Yanmei HuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Madeleine ZhengDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008804 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI MONTFORT, WILLIAM R. · 2003 to 2023
$3.9M
Drug target validation of the enterovirus D68 2A proteaseR01AI157046 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WANG, JUN · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
High Throughput Screening of Inhibitors Targeting the Enterovirus A71 and D68 2A ProteasesR01AI147325 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WANG, JUN · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147325NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157046NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is a significant human pathogen, especially in children. EV-A71 infection is one of the leading causes of hand, foot, and mouth diseases (HFMD), and can lead to neurological complications such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in severe cases. Although three EV-A71 vaccines are available in China, they are not broadly protective and have reduced efficacy against emerging strains. There is currently no approved antiviral for EV-A71. Significant progress has been made in developing antivirals against EV-A71 by targeting both viral proteins and host factors. However, viral capsid inhibitors and protease inhibitors failed in clinical trials of human rhinovirus infection due to limited efficacy or side effects. This review discusses major discoveries in EV-A71 antiviral development, analyzes the advantages and limitations of each drug target, and highlights the knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to advance the field forward.

Indexed as

2C proteinAcute flaccid myelitisAntiviralsEnterovirus A71EV-A71Foot and mouth disease (HFMD)HandPicornavirus

Identifiers

PMID35847514
PMCPMC9279511
OpenAlexW3194868659

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