Interactions of anti-COVID-19 drug candidates with hepatic transporters may cause liver toxicity and affect pharmacokinetics

C Ambrus, É Bakos, B Sarkadi, C Özvegy-Laczka… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Transporters in the human liver play a major role in the clearance of endo-and xenobiotics.
Apical (canalicular) transporters extrude compounds to the bile, while basolateral …

Interactions of potential anti-COVID-19 compounds with multispecific ABC and OATP drug transporters

Á Telbisz, C Ambrus, O Mózner, E Szabó, G Várady… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, several repurposed drugs have been proposed to alleviate
the major health effects of the disease. These drugs are often applied with analgesics or non …

Evaluation of drug‐drug interactions of ensitrelvir, a SARS‐CoV‐2 3CL protease inhibitor, with transporter substrates based on in vitro and clinical studies

R Shimizu, T Matsuzaki, R Oka… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drug‐drug interaction potentials of ensitrelvir, a novel oral inhibitor of 3C‐like protease of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, for drug transporters were evaluated by in …

Remdesivir and EIDD-1931 interact with human equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 2: implications for reaching SARS-CoV-2 viral sanctuary sites

SR Miller, ME McGrath, KM Zorn, S Ekins… - Molecular …, 2021 - ASPET
Equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs) are present at the blood-testis barrier (BTB),
where they can facilitate antiviral drug disposition to eliminate a sanctuary site for viruses …

Drugs in COVID‐19 clinical trials: predicting transporter‐mediated drug‐drug interactions using in vitro assays and real‐world data

SW Yee, B Vora, T Oskotsky, L Zou… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous drugs are currently under accelerated clinical investigation for the treatment of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); however, well‐established safety and efficacy data …

PF‐07321332 (Nirmatrelvir) does not interact with human ENT1 or ENT2: Implications for COVID‐19 patients

RK Hau, SH Wright… - Clinical and translational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
and subsequently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), has led to the deaths of over 6.1 …

Transporter modulation of molnupiravir and its metabolite β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine across the blood-brain barrier in a rat

CH Chang, WY Peng, WH Lee, L Yang, TY Lin… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Background The antiviral drug molnupiravir is an orally bioavailable prodrug of the
nucleoside analog β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC), which is used to treat coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Potential herb–drug interactions between anti-COVID-19 drugs and traditional Chinese medicine

L Ye, S Fan, P Zhao, C Wu, M Liu, S Hu, P Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread worldwide. Effective treatments against …

Interaction of the antiviral drug telaprevir with renal and hepatic drug transporters

A Kunze, J Huwyler, G Camenisch… - Biochemical pharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
Telaprevir is a new, direct-acting antiviral drug that has been approved for the treatment of
chronic hepatitis C viral infection. First data on drug–drug interactions with co-medications …

[HTML][HTML] Disease-drug and drug-drug interaction in COVID-19: Risk and assessment

D Kumar, N Trivedi - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is announced as a global pandemic in 2020. Its mortality and morbidity rate are
rapidly increasing, with limited medications. The emergent outbreak of COVID-19 prompted …