Learning from COVID-19: How drug hunters can prepare for the next pandemic

AC Puhl, T Lane, S Ekins - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 3 years, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic killed nearly 7 million people and infected more
than 767 million globally. During this time, our very small company was able to contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] C5aR1 signaling triggers lung immunopathology in COVID-19 through neutrophil extracellular traps

BM Silva, GF Gomes, FP Veras… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Patients with severe COVID-19 develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that
may progress to cytokine storm syndrome, organ dysfunction, and death. Considering that …

The interference between SARS-COV-2 and Alzheimer's disease: Potential immunological and neurobiological crosstalk from a kinase perspective reveals a delayed …

HM Mansour - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over 700 million people, with
up to 30% developing neurological manifestations, including dementias. However, there is a …

Discovery of PLpro and Mpro Inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2

AC Puhl, AS Godoy, GD Noske, AM Nakamura… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
There are very few small-molecule antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 that are either currently
approved (or emergency authorized) in the US or globally, including remdesivir …

Unraveling antiviral efficacy of multifunctional immunomodulatory triterpenoids against SARS‐COV‐2 targeting main protease and papain‐like protease

S Choudhary, S Nehul, A Singh, PK Panda… - IUBMB …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) may be over, but its variants continue to …

Growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor antagonist MIA-602 attenuates cardiopulmonary injury induced by BSL-2 rVSV-SARS-CoV-2 in hACE2 mice

JM Condor Capcha, A Kamiar… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 pneumonia causes acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ALI/ARDS) characterized by early pulmonary endothelial and epithelial injuries with altered …

Efficacy of an isoxazole-3-carboxamide analog of pleconaril in mouse models of Enterovirus-D68 and Coxsackie B5

TR Lane, J Fu, B Sherry, B Tarbet, BL Hurst… - Antiviral Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Enteroviruses (EV) cause a number of life-threatening infectious diseases. EV-D68 is known
to cause respiratory illness in children that can lead to acute flaccid myelitis. Coxsackievirus …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Human Proteins for Antiviral Drug Discovery and Repurposing Efforts: A Focus on Protein Kinases

R Hajjo, DA Sabbah, OH Abusara, R Kharmah… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the great technological and medical advances in fighting viral diseases, new
therapies for most of them are still lacking, and existing antivirals suffer from major limitations …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors Using Chemical Similarity Analysis Combined with Machine Learning

KE Juárez-Mercado, MA Gómez-Hernández… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro) is an enzyme that cleaves viral polyproteins translated
from the viral genome, which is critical for viral replication. Mpro is a target for anti-SARS …

Low-Dose Interferon I and III-Based Nasal Sprays: A Good-Looking COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate and a Therapy of the Future?

TN Carp, M Metoudi, B Brown, V Ojha - 2023 - preprints.org
The SARS–CoV-2 infection has caused both acute and chronic COVID–19 disease during
the recent pandemic with emerging more transmissible SARS–CoV–2 Omicron variants …