"Ganciclovir" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An ACYCLOVIR analog that is a potent inhibitor of the Herpesvirus family including cytomegalovirus. Ganciclovir is used to treat complications from AIDS-associated cytomegalovirus infections.
| Descriptor ID |
D015774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.758.399.454.250.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ganciclovir" by people in Profiles.
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Gardiner BJ, Bailey JP, Percival MA, Morgan BA, Warner VM, Lee SJ, Morrissey CO, Kaye DM, Peleg AY, Taylor AJ. Incidence and severity of cytomegalovirus infection in seropositive heart transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2023 06; 37(6):e14982.
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Hobden JA, Kumar M, Kaufman HE, Clement C, Varnell ED, Bhattacharjee PS, Hill JM. In vitro synergism of trifluorothymidine and ganciclovir against HSV-1. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Feb; 52(2):830-3.
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Lee HJ, Cooperwood JS, You Z, Ko DH. Prodrug and antedrug: two diametrical approaches in designing safer drugs. Arch Pharm Res. 2002 Apr; 25(2):111-36.
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Anderson LM, Swaminathan S, Zackon I, Tajuddin AK, Thimmapaya B, Weitzman SA. Adenovirus-mediated tissue-targeted expression of the HSVtk gene for the treatment of breast cancer. Gene Ther. 1999 May; 6(5):854-64.
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Lee EJ, Anderson LM, Thimmapaya B, Jameson JL. Targeted expression of toxic genes directed by pituitary hormone promoters: a potential strategy for adenovirus-mediated gene therapy of pituitary tumors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Feb; 84(2):786-94.
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Berg TF, Breen PJ, Feuers RJ, Oriaku ET, Chen FX, Hart RW. Acute toxicity of ganciclovir: effect of dietary restriction and chronobiology. Food Chem Toxicol. 1994 Jan; 32(1):45-50.