F901318 represents a novel class of antifungal drug that inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
F901318 represents a novel class of antifungal drug that inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1608304113
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发表时间:
2016-11-08
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Birch, Mike
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作者:
Oliver, Jason D.;Sibley, Graham E. M.;Birch, Mike
There is an important medical need for new antifungal agents with novel mechanisms of action to treat the increasing number of patients with life-threatening systemic fungal disease and to overcome the growing problem of resistance to current therapies. F901318, the leading representative of a novel class of drug, the orotomides, is an antifungal drug in clinical development that demonstrates excellent potency against a broad range of dimorphic and filamentous fungi. In vitro susceptibility testing of F901318 against more than 100 strains from the four main pathogenic Aspergillus spp. revealed minimal inhibitory concentrations of