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Targeting a metabolic pathway to fight the flu
Author(s) -
Boergeling Yvonne,
Ludwig Stephan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.13997
Subject(s) - bird flu , virology , biology , computational biology , medicine , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , virus
Our antiviral arsenal to fight influenza viruses is limited and we need novel anti‐flu drugs. Recently, cellular drug targets came into focus and omics analysis were instrumental to suggest candidate factors. In this issue of The FEBS Journal , Kainov and colleagues used transcriptome data to investigate virus‐induced changes in tryptophan metabolism that may serve as immunomodulatory approach against viruses.