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ReviewCurrent topics in medicinal chemistry2017

Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein: A Highly Conserved Multi-Functional Viral Protein as a Hot Antiviral Drug Target.

Yanmei Hu, Hannah Sneyd, Raphael Dekant, Jun Wang

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Review in Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. TRIM21 is a molecular rheostat for influenza A virus replication.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. Structural Features of Nucleoproteins from the Recently DiscoveredInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yanmei HuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Hannah SneydDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Raphael DekantDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Jun WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Drug Discovery Targeting the Influenza A Virus M2-S31N Proton ChannelR33AI119187 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI PEREZ, DANIEL R, WANG, JUN · 2017 to 2019
$1.2M
Drug Discovery Targeting the Influenza A Virus M2-S31N Proton ChannelR21AI119187 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI PEREZ, DANIEL R, WANG, JUN · 2015 to 2016
$419k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119187NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI119187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevention and treatment of influenza virus infection is an ongoing unmet medical need. Each year, thousands of deaths and millions of hospitalizations are attributed to influenza virus infection, which poses a tremendous health and economic burden to the society. Aside from the annual influenza season, influenza viruses also lead to occasional influenza pandemics as a result of emerging or re-emerging influenza strains. Influenza viruses are RNA viruses that exist in quasispecies, meaning that they have a very diverse genetic background. Such a feature creates a grand challenge in devising therapeutic intervention strategies to inhibit influenza virus replication, as a single agent might not be able to inhibit all influenza virus strains. Both classes of currently approved anti-influenza drugs have limitations: the M2 channel blockers amantadine and rimantadine are no longer recommended for use in the U.S. due to predominant drug resistance, and resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir is continuously on the rise. In pursuing the next generation of antiviral drugs with broad-spectrum activity and higher genetic barrier of drug resistance, the influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP) stands out as a high-profile drug target. This review summarizes recent developments in designing inhibitors targeting influenza NP and their mechanisms of action.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiviral AgentsHumansInfluenza A virusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNucleocapsid ProteinsOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA-Binding ProteinsViral Core ProteinsAntiviral AgentsNP protein, Influenza A virusNucleocapsid ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsViral Core ProteinsAntiviral drug resistanceAntiviralsInfluenza virusNucleoproteinNucleozinRNA viruses

Identifiers

PMID28240183
PMCPMC5967877
OpenAlexW2594502289

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