[HTML][HTML] Azvudine is a thymus-homing anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug effective in treating COVID-19 patients

JL Zhang, YH Li, LL Wang, HQ Liu, SY Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Azvudine (FNC) is a nucleoside analog that inhibits HIV-1 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
(RdRp). Recently, we discovered FNC an agent against SARS-CoV-2, and have taken it into …

[HTML][HTML] The first Chinese oral anti-COVID-19 drug Azvudine launched

B Yu, J Chang - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at
the end of 2019, thousands of SARS-CoV-2 mutations have been increasingly observed …

[HTML][HTML] Azvudine (FNC): a promising clinical candidate for COVID-19 treatment

B Yu, J Chang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2020 - nature.com
A very recent work published in Advanced Science by our group reveals that 2′-deoxy-2′-
β-fluoro-4′-azidocytidine (Azvudine, FNC), a clinical candidate originally developed for HIV …

A randomized, open‐label, controlled clinical trial of azvudine tablets in the treatment of mild and common COVID‐19, a pilot study

Z Ren, H Luo, Z Yu, J Song, L Liang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has spread worldwide. To date, no specific
drug for COVID‐19 has been developed. Thus, this randomized, open‐label, controlled …

A triple‐blind, placebo‐controlled, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of curcumin‐containing nanomicelles on cellular immune responses subtypes and …

M Hassaniazad, E Eftekhar… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In COVID‐19 patients, cytokine storm due to excessive immune responses can cause
severe complications. In this study, we investigated the effect of curcumin nanomicelles on …

Quinoline and quinazoline derivatives inhibit viral RNA synthesis by SARS-CoV-2 RdRp

J Zhao, Y Zhang, M Wang, Q Liu, X Lei… - ACS infectious …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a fatal respiratory illness caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The identification of potential drugs is …

[HTML][HTML] Serial viral load analysis by DDPCR to evaluate FNC efficacy and safety in the treatment of mild cases of COVID-19

RM da Silva, P Gebe Abreu Cabral… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has threatened the human population globally as
the numbers of reinfection cases even after large-scale vaccination. Trials have been carried …

4′-Modified nucleosides for antiviral drug discovery: achievements and perspectives

J Chang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Modified nucleosides show therapeutic promise for antiviral therapies.
However, issues including the emergence of drug resistance, toxicity, and coinfections have …

COVID-19: The potential role of copper and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in a combination of candidate antiviral treatments against SARS-CoV-2

A Andreou, S Trantza, D Filippou, N Sipsas, S Tsiodras - in vivo, 2020 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic. Since then, thousands of people …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway as a novel therapeutic strategy for COVID-19

Z Qin, K Xiang, DF Su, Y Sun, X Liu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) underlined the urgent need for
alleviating cytokine storm. We propose here that activating the cholinergic anti-inflammatory …