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dc.contributor.authorHachim, Mahmood Yaseen
dc.contributor.authorHeialy, Saba Al
dc.contributor.authorSenok, Abiola C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-02T09:17:13Z
dc.date.available2021-08-02T09:17:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.other204-2020.34
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.mbru.ac.ae/handle/1/297
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Current guidelines for COVID-19 management recommend the utilization of various repurposed drugs. Despite ongoing research toward the development of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, such a vaccine will not be available in time to contribute to the containment of the ongoing pandemic. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a framework for the rapid identification of novel targets for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. We analyzed publicly available transcriptomic datasets of SARS-CoV infected humans and mammals to identify consistent differentially expressed genes then validated in SARS-CoV-2 infected epithelial cells transcriptomic datasets. Comprehensive toxicogenomic analysis of the identified genes to identify possible interactions with clinically proven drugs was carried out. We identified IFITM3 as an early upregulated gene, and valproic acid was found to enhance its mRNA expression as well as induce its antiviral action. These findings indicate that analysis of publicly available transcriptomic and toxicogenomic data represents a rapid approach for the identification of novel targets and molecules that can modify the action of such targets during the early phases of emerging infections like COVID-19.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en_US
dc.subjectInterferon-induced transmembrane proteinsen_US
dc.subjectValproic aciden_US
dc.subjectAntiviral immunityen_US
dc.titleInterferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein (IFITM3) Is Upregulated Explicitly in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Lung Epithelial Cellsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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