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Mammalian fatty acid synthase: a commonly used viral host dependency factor and a putative target for host-targeted broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutic development.

Paola N Loperena González, Krithika P Karthigeyan, Jacqueline Corry, Anurup Krishna, Ben Hackenberg, Beatriz Sierra, Jesse J Kwiek

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Review in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Fatty acid regulation and phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis are important for hepatitis E virus replication.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Paola N Loperena GonzálezDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9366-9912
Krithika P KarthigeyanDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Jacqueline CorryDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Anurup KrishnaDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Ben HackenbergDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Beatriz SierraCellular Immunology Laboratory, Virology Department, Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), Havana, Cuba.
Jesse J KwiekDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4277-8315

Funding

Cellular, molecular, and biochemical sciences training grantT32GM141955 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jane Elizabeth Jackman, JESSE J KWIEK · 2021 to 2026
$2.2M
A Method to Stop HIV Replication:Inhibition of Human Purine Utilizing ProteinsR01AI090644 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KWIEK, JESSE J · 2010 to 2013
$1.8M
De novo fatty acid biosynthesis and HIV replicationR21AI141037 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KWIEK, JESSE J · 2020 to 2021
$421k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI090644, AI141037NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI090644NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI141037NIGMS NIH HHS GM141955NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM141955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses regulate host processes to create cellular environments favorable to viral replication. At least 27 viruses that infect humans require host fatty acid synthase (FASN)-dependent

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsFatty Acid SynthasesHost-Pathogen InteractionsVirus DiseasesVirusesAnimalsFatty AcidsHumansVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsFatty AcidsFatty Acid Synthasesantiviral pharmacologycoronavirusFASNflavivirusvirus-host interactions

Identifiers

PMID40558086
PMCPMC12345226

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