Priority index for critical Covid-19 identifies clinically actionable targets and drugs

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While genome-wide studies have identified genomic loci in hosts associated with life-threatening Covid-19 (critical Covid-19), the challenge of resolving these loci hinders further identification of clinically actionable targets and drugs. Building upon our previous success, we here present a priority index solution designed to address this challenge, generating the target and drug resource that consists of two indexes: the target index and the drug index. The primary purpose of the target index is to identify clinically actionable targets by prioritising genes associated with Covid-19. We illustrate the validity of the target index by demonstrating its ability to identify pre-existing Covid-19 phase-III drug targets, with the majority of these targets being found at the leading prioritisation (leading targets). These leading targets have their evolutionary origins in Amniota ('four-leg vertebrates') and are predominantly involved in cytokine-cytokine receptor interactions and JAK-STAT signaling. The drug index highlights opportunities for repurposing clinically approved JAK-STAT inhibitors, either individually or in combination. This proposed strategic focus on the JAK-STAT pathway is supported by the active pursuit of therapeutic agents targeting this pathway in ongoing phase-II/III clinical trials for Covid-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 7(2024), 1 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 189

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Jianwen [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shengli [VerfasserIn]
Diao, Yizhu [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Zhongcheng [VerfasserIn]
He, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tingting [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yisheng [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Kexin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Jiantao [VerfasserIn]
Lin, James [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Liye [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Chaohui [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Hai [VerfasserIn]

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Cytokines
EC 2.7.10.2
Janus Kinases
Journal Article
STAT Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-024-05897-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368561747