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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2022

Host-pathogen protein-nucleic acid interactions: A comprehensive review.

Anuja Jain, Shikha Mittal, Lokesh P Tripathi, Ruth Nussinov, Shandar Ahmad

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Anuja JainSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
Shikha MittalSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
Lokesh P TripathiNational Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.
Ruth NussinovComputational Structural Biology Section, Basic Science Program, Frederick National, Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Shandar AhmadSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
Jawaharlal Nehru University · INNational Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition · JPTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recognition of pathogen-derived nucleic acids by host cells is an effective host strategy to detect pathogenic invasion and trigger immune responses. In the context of pathogen-specific pharmacology, there is a growing interest in mapping the interactions between pathogen-derived nucleic acids and host proteins. Insight into the principles of the structural and immunological mechanisms underlying such interactions and their roles in host defense is necessary to guide therapeutic intervention. Here, we discuss the newest advances in studies of molecular interactions involving pathogen nucleic acids and host factors, including their drug design, molecular structure and specific patterns. We observed that two groups of nucleic acid recognizing molecules, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and the cytoplasmic retinoic acid-inducible gene (RIG)-I-like receptors (RLRs) form the backbone of host responses to pathogen nucleic acids, with additional support provided by absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) and DNA-dependent activator of Interferons (IFNs)-regulatory factors (DAI) like cytosolic activity. We review the structural, immunological, and other biological aspects of these representative groups of molecules, especially in terms of their target specificity and affinity and challenges in leveraging host-pathogen protein-nucleic acid interactions (HP-PNI) in drug discovery.

Indexed as

Drug designHost pathogen interactionsImmunological responseProtein-nucleic acid interactionsStructural biologyToll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID36051878
PMCPMC9420432
OpenAlexW4289779055

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