Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42816550›Full record

ArticleNature communications2026

A small molecule inhibits Ebola virus entry through glycoprotein stabilization.

Fan Bu, Gang Ye, Kiran L Sharma, Bruno La Rosa, Murugesan Palaniappan, Martin M Matzuk, Damian W Young, Hailey Turner-Hubbard, Kimberly Morsheimer, Callum Owen and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Fan Bu *Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6965-3072
Gang Ye *Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6034-2174
Kiran L Sharma *Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bruno La Rosa *National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Murugesan PalaniappanCenter for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Martin M MatzukCenter for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1445-8632
Damian W YoungCenter for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1595-9658
Hailey Turner-HubbardDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Kimberly MorsheimerNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-5919-6746
Callum OwenNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9972-1745
Katalin TothDepartment of Chemistry, University of Florida Scripps Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Michael CameronDepartment of Chemistry, University of Florida Scripps Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3154-4775
Robert DaveyNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. radavey@bu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9168-2892
Srinivas ChamakuriCenter for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Srinivas.Chamakuri@bcm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7586-4992
Peter DosaInstitute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. pidosa@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0081-3867
Fang LiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. lifang@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1958-366X

Funding

Project 5: Pandemic Virus Helicase InhibitorsU19AI171954 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Donghoon Chung · 2022 to 2026
$100.9M
Discovery and Development of Small-molecule Direct-acting Antivirals Targeting Ebola and Sudan FilovirusesR01AI195592 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Peter I Dosa, Fang Li · 2026 to 2026
$790k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI195592NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171954U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI195592U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) U19AI171954
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus (EBOV) causes outbreaks with high fatality rates, yet potent small-molecule inhibitors targeting EBOV glycoprotein (GP) remain limited. Here, using DNA-encoded chemical libraries, we screen 4.73 billion compounds against EBOV GP and, through stereochemical optimization, identify MWAC-3634. This compound binds GP with high affinity (K

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsEbolavirusGlycoproteinsHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaSmall Molecule LibrariesViral Envelope ProteinsVirus InternalizationAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyFemaleHumansMiceProtein StabilityAntiviral AgentsGlycoproteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID42816550
PMCPMC13627709

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