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ReviewAntiviral research2022

Flavivirus NS4B protein: Structure, function, and antiviral discovery.

Yan Wang, Xuping Xie, Pei-Yong Shi

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Review in Antiviral research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Xuping XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Pei-Yong ShiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Sealy Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: peshi@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Virology CoreU19AI171413 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI SARKO, CHRISTOPHER · 2022 to 2023
$75.0M
Project 4 - Influenza - UABU19AI142759 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DENISON, MARK R · 2019 to 2023
$37.5M
Screening CoreU19AI109680 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DENISON, MARK R · 2014 to 2018
$34.9M
West African Center for Emerging Infectious DiseasesU01AI151801 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Robert W Cross, Scott C Weaver · 2020 to 2026
$10.1M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI151801NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109680NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI142759NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections with mosquito-borne flaviviruses, such as Dengue virus, ZIKV virus, and West Nile virus, pose significant threats to public health. Flaviviruses cause up to 400 million infections each year, leading to many forms of diseases, including fatal hemorrhage, encephalitis, congenital abnormalities, and deaths. Currently, there are no clinically approved antiviral drugs for the treatment of flavivirus infections. The non-structural protein NS4B is an emerging target for drug discovery due to its multiple roles in the flaviviral life cycle. In this review, we summarize the latest knowledge on the structure and function of flavivirus NS4B, as well as the progress on antiviral compounds that target NS4B.

Indexed as

Dengue VirusFlavivirusFlavivirus InfectionsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAnimalsAntiviral AgentsHumansAntiviral AgentsAntiviralsDrug discoveryFlavivirusNonstructural protein 4B

Identifiers

PMID36179934
PMCPMC10294551
OpenAlexW4297321142

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