Mycobacterium
Related VFcategory: Immune modulation
Target: CdnP
Drug effect: Inhibits bacterial phosphodiesterase (PDE) CdnP activity that responsible for cleaving bacterial c-di-AMP as well as host-derived cGAMP to blunt the host's response to infection.
Max phase: Preclinical (in vitro)
Publication: Karanja CW, et al., 2021. Identification of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cyclic Dinucleotide Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor. ACS Infect Dis 7(2):309-317.