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Antiviral activity of micafungin against enterovirus 71

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, June 2016
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Title
Antiviral activity of micafungin against enterovirus 71
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Virology Journal, June 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12985-016-0557-8
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Chonsaeng Kim, Hyunju Kang, Dong-eun Kim, Jae-Hyoung Song, Miri Choi, Mingu Kang, Kyungjin Lee, Hae Soo Kim, Jin Soo Shin, Hyejeong Jeong, Sunhee Jung, Sang-Bae Han, Jong Heon Kim, Hyun-Jeong Ko, Chong-Kyo Lee, Meehyein Kim, Sungchan Cho

Abstract

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a major causative agent of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) and also causes severe neurological complications, leading to fatality in young children. However, no effective therapy is currently available for the treatment of this infection. We identified small-molecule inhibitors of EV71 from a screen of 968 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs, with which clinical application for EV71-associated diseases would be more feasible, using EV71 subgenomic replicon system. Primary hits were extensively evaluated for their antiviral activities in EV71-infected cells. We identified micafungin, an echinocandin antifungal drug, as a novel inhibitor of EV71. Micafungin potently inhibits the proliferation of EV71 as well as the replication of EV71 replicon in cells with a low micromolar IC50 (~5 μM). The strong antiviral effect of micafungin on EV71 replicon and the result from time-of-addition experiment demonstrated a targeting of micafungin on virion-independent intracellular process(es) during EV71 infection. Moreover, an extensive analysis excluded the involvement of 2C and 3A proteins, IRES-dependent translation, and also that of polyprotein processing in the antiviral effect of micafungin. Our research revealed a new indication of micafungin as an effective inhibitor of EV71, which is the first case reporting antiviral activity of micafungin, an antifungal drug.

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Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 25%
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 7 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 18%
Chemistry 4 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 7 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 June 2016.
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#13,826,113
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from Virology Journal
#1,372
of 3,119 outputs
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#187,867
of 354,785 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#25
of 54 outputs
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