SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapy

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, H Bonilla… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development of effective antiviral therapy for COVID-19 is critical for those awaiting
vaccination, as well as for those who do not respond robustly to vaccination. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting SARS-CoV-2 proteases for COVID-19 antiviral development

Z Lv, KE Cano, L Jia, M Drag, TT Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 marked the
third occurrence of a highly pathogenic coronavirus in the human population since 2003. As …

An update of anti-viral treatment of COVID-19.

S ŞİMŞEK YAVUZ… - Turkish journal of …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Background/aim: Currently there is not an effective antiviral treatment for COVID-19, but a
large number of drugs have been evaluated since the beginning of the pandemic, and many …

Haste makes waste: a critical review of docking‐based virtual screening in drug repurposing for SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease (M‐pro) inhibition

G Macip, P Garcia‐Segura… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review makes a critical evaluation of 61 peer‐reviewed manuscripts that use a docking
step in a virtual screening (VS) protocol to predict SARS‐CoV‐2 M‐pro (M‐pro) inhibitors in …

Engineering ACE2 decoy receptors to combat viral escapability

T Arimori, N Ikemura, T Okamoto, J Takagi… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Decoy receptor proteins that trick viruses to bind to them should be resistant to viral escape
because viruses that require entry receptors cannot help but bind decoy receptors …

Pharmacological significance of hesperidin and hesperetin, two citrus flavonoids, as promising antiviral compounds for prophylaxis against and combating COVID-19

PK Agrawal, C Agrawal… - Natural Product …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Hesperidin and hesperetin are flavonoids that are abundantly present as constituents of
citrus fruits. These compounds have attracted attention as several computational methods …

[HTML][HTML] In Silico Investigation on the Interaction of Chiral Phytochemicals from Opuntia ficus-indica with SARS-CoV-2 Mpro

C Vicidomini, V Roviello, GN Roviello - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
Opuntia ficus-indica is a cactaceous plant native to America but, nowadays, widely found
worldwide, having been the most common domesticated species of cactus grown as a crop …

A warhead substitution study on the coronavirus main protease inhibitor nirmatrelvir

S Vankadara, MD Dawson, JY Fong… - ACS Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is currently causing an unprecedented global health
emergency since its emergence in December 2019. In December 2021, the FDA granted …

The interacting physiology of COVID‐19 and the renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system: key agents for treatment

ER Lumbers, R Head, GR Smith… - Pharmacology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 interacting with its receptor, angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), turns
the host response to viral infection into a dysregulated uncontrolled inflammatory response …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the current landscape of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: Have we hit the bullseye yet?

G Macip, P Garcia-Segura, J Mestres-Truyol… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, we collected 1765 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) M-pro inhibitors from the bibliography and other sources, such as the COVID …