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ArticleAntiviral research2024

Identification of a macrocyclic compound targeting the lassa virus polymerase.

Virginia Aida-Ficken, Jamie A Kelly, Payel Chatterjee, M Harley Jenks, Laura K McMullan, César G Albariño, Joel M Montgomery, Katherine L Seley-Radtke, Christina F Spiropoulou, Mike Flint

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Article in Antiviral research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Reporter-expressing viruses for antiviral drug discovery research.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Virginia Aida-FickenViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Jamie A KellyViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Payel ChatterjeeViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
M Harley JenksViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Laura K McMullanViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
César G AlbariñoViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Joel M MontgomeryViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Katherine L Seley-RadtkeDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christina F SpiropoulouViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mike FlintViral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: vfa3@cdc.gov.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for Lassa virus (LASV) infections. To identify compounds with anti-LASV activity, we conducted a cell-based screening campaign at biosafety level 4 and tested almost 60,000 compounds for activity against an infectious reporter LASV. Hits from this screen included several structurally related macrocycles. The most potent, Mac128, had a sub-micromolar EC

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsLassa virusMacrocyclic CompoundsVirus ReplicationAnimalsCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansLassa FeverVero CellsViral ProteinsAntiviral AgentsMacrocyclic CompoundsViral ProteinsAntiviralLassaMacrocyclePolymerase

Identifiers

PMID38844175
PMCPMC11995929

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