Docking screens for novel ligands conferring new biology: Miniperspective

JJ Irwin, BK Shoichet - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
It is now plausible to dock libraries of 10 million molecules against targets over several days
or weeks. When the molecules screened are commercially available, they may be rapidly …

The influenza virus polymerase complex: an update on its structure, functions, and significance for antiviral drug design

A Stevaert, L Naesens - Medicinal research reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Influenza viruses cause seasonal epidemics and pandemic outbreaks associated with
significant morbidity and mortality, and a huge cost. Since resistance to the existing anti …

Development of targeted nanoparticles loaded with antiviral drugs for SARS-CoV-2 inhibition

V Sanna, S Satta, T Hsiai, M Sechi - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, a novel coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has raised global concerns, being the etiological agent of the current …

Development of (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate-loaded folate receptor-targeted nanoparticles for prostate cancer treatment

RF Alserihi, MRS Mohammed, M Kaleem… - Nanotechnology …, 2021 - degruyter.com
In continuation of our previous studies, we developed polymeric epigallocatechin 3-gallate
(EGCG)-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) coupled with folic acid (FA), able to dually bind the …

Discovery of novel functionalized 1, 2, 4-triazoles as PARP-1 inhibitors in breast cancer: Design, synthesis and antitumor activity evaluation

ATA Boraei, PK Singh, M Sechi, S Satta - European journal of medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract PARP-1, a nuclear protein, is one of the key member of the DNA repair assembly
and thereby emerged as an attractive target in anti-cancer drug discovery. PARP-1 plays a …

Inhibitors of influenza virus polymerase acidic (PA) endonuclease: contemporary developments and perspectives

H Ju, J Zhang, B Huang, D Kang, B Huang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Influenza virus (IFV) causes periodic global influenza pandemics, resulting in substantial
socioeconomic loss and burden on medical facilities. Yearly variation in the effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Progress of small molecular inhibitors in the development of anti-influenza virus agents

X Wu, X Wu, Q Sun, C Zhang, SY Yang, L Li, Z Jia - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The influenza pandemic is a major threat to human health, and highly aggressive strains
such as H1N1, H5N1 and H7N9 have emphasized the need for therapeutic strategies to …

Synthesis of 1, 2, 3-triazolyl nucleoside analogues and their antiviral activity

OV Andreeva, BF Garifullin, VV Zarubaev, AV Slita… - Molecular Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Based on the fact that a search for influenza antivirals among nucleoside analogues has
drawn very little attention of chemists, the present study reports the synthesis of a series of 1 …

Recent advances in application of computer-aided drug design in anti-influenza a virus drug discovery

D Yu, L Wang, Y Wang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Influenza A is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the influenza A virus, which
seriously threatens global human health and causes substantial economic losses every …

N-acylhydrazone inhibitors of influenza virus PA endonuclease with versatile metal binding modes

M Carcelli, D Rogolino, A Gatti, L De Luca, M Sechi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Influenza virus PA endonuclease has recently emerged as an attractive target for the
development of novel antiviral therapeutics. This is an enzyme with divalent metal ion …