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 vivo)
Publication: Dey RJ, et al., 2017. Inhibition of innate immune cytosolic surveillance by an M. tuberculosis phosphodiesterase. Nat Chem Biol 13(2):210-217.