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ArticleBiomolecules2023

The Metallodrug BOLD-100 Is a Potent Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Has Broad-Acting Antiviral Activity.

Daniel S Labach, Hinissan P Kohio, Edwin A Tse, Ermela Paparisto, Nicole J Friesen, Jim Pankovich, Mark Bazett, Stephen D Barr

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Article in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  2. Stress-induced translocation of the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone GRP78/BiP and its impact on human disease and therapy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Daniel S LabachDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Hinissan P KohioDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Edwin A TseDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Ermela PaparistoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Nicole J FriesenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Jim PankovichBold Therapeutics Inc., 422 Richards St, Suite 170, Vancouver, BC V6N 2Z4, Canada.
Mark BazettBold Therapeutics Inc., 422 Richards St, Suite 170, Vancouver, BC V6N 2Z4, Canada.
Stephen D BarrDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building Room 3007, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0028-7430

Funding

CIHR COV-440388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to discover and test new drugs to treat patients. Metal-based drugs are known to interact with DNA and/or a variety of proteins such as enzymes and transcription factors, some of which have been shown to exhibit anticancer and antimicrobial effects. BOLD-100 (sodium

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Antineoplastic AgentsCOVID-19Antiviral AgentsHumansOrganometallic CompoundsPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Virus ReplicationAntineoplastic AgentsAntiviral AgentsKP 1339Organometallic CompoundsadenovirusantiviralBOLD-100COVID-19HIV-1ruthenium-based drugSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37509131
PMCPMC10377621

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