A small molecule iCDM-34 identified by in silico screening suppresses HBV DNA through activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Abstract IFN-alpha have been reported to suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) cccDNA via APOBEC3 cytidine deaminase activity through interferon signaling. To develop a novel anti-HBV drug for a functional cure, we performed in silico screening of the binding compounds fitting the steric structure of the...

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Main Authors: Yutaka Furutani, Yoshinori Hirano, Mariko Toguchi, Shoko Higuchi, Xian-Yang Qin, Kaori Yanaka, Yumi Sato-Shiozaki, Nobuaki Takahashi, Marina Sakai, Pornparn Kongpracha, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Mutsuko Kukimoto-Niino, Mikako Shirouzu, Shushi Nagamori, Harukazu Suzuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Takahiro Masaki, Hiroo Koyama, Kazuma Sekiba, Motoyuki Otsuka, Kazuhiko Koike, Michinori Kohara, Soichi Kojima, Hideaki Kakeya, Tomokazu Matsuura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2023-12-01
Series:Cell Death Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-023-01755-w