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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Optimizing drug discovery for snakebite envenoming via a high-throughput phospholipase A2 screening platform.

Laura-Oana Albulescu, Adam Westhorpe, Rachel H Clare, Christopher M Woodley, Nivya James, Jeroen Kool, Neil G Berry, Paul M O'Neill, Nicholas R Casewell

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Computational Strategies for Broad Spectrum Venom Phospholipase AJournal of chemical information and modeling · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura-Oana AlbulescuCentre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Adam WesthorpeCentre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Rachel H ClareCentre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Christopher M WoodleyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Nivya JamesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Jeroen KoolDivision of BioAnalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Neil G BerryDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Paul M O'NeillDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Nicholas R CasewellCentre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_15040Medical Research Council MC_PC_18055Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes as many as 1.8 million envenomings and 140,000 deaths annually. To address treatment limitations that exist with current antivenoms, the search for small molecule drug-based inhibitors that can be administered as early interventions has recently gained traction. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins, peptides and small molecules and their composition varies substantially between and within snake species. The phospholipases A2 (PLA

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drug discoveryhigh-throughput screeningneglected tropical diseasesnakebite envenomingsnake venomtoxin inhibitors

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PMID38273832
PMCPMC10808766
OpenAlexW4390746278

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