Regenerative medicine in COVID-19 treatment: real opportunities and range of promises

A Basiri, Z Pazhouhnia, N Beheshtizadeh… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has attracted much attention around the
world due to its rapid transmission among humans and relatively high mortality rate. Studies …

Coronavirus reverse genetic systems: infectious clones and replicons

F Almazán, I Sola, S Zuñiga, S Marquez-Jurado… - Virus research, 2014 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses (CoVs) infect humans and many animal species, and are associated with
respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and central nervous system diseases. The large size of the CoV …

A trans-complementation system for SARS-CoV-2 recapitulates authentic viral replication without virulence

X Zhang, Y Liu, J Liu, AL Bailey, KS Plante, JA Plante… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) requirement to culture severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a bottleneck for research. Here, we report a trans …

[HTML][HTML] A G-quadruplex-binding macrodomain within the “SARS-unique domain” is essential for the activity of the SARS-coronavirus replication–transcription complex

Y Kusov, J Tan, E Alvarez, L Enjuanes, R Hilgenfeld - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
The multi-domain non-structural protein 3 of SARS-coronavirus is a component of the viral
replication/transcription complex (RTC). Among other domains, it contains three sequentially …

Construction of a noninfectious SARS-CoV-2 replicon for antiviral-drug testing and gene function studies

HT Nguyen, D Falzarano, V Gerdts, Q Liu - Journal of Virology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread worldwide, resulting …

A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-vectored noninfectious replicon of SARS-CoV-2

Y Zhang, W Song, S Chen, Z Yuan, Z Yi - Antiviral Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccines and antiviral agents are in urgent need to stop the COVID-19 pandemic. To
facilitate antiviral screening against SARS-CoV-2 without requirement for high biosafety …

SARS-CoV-2 replicon for high-throughput antiviral screening

QY Zhang, CL Deng, J Liu, JQ Li… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, which is highly
pathogenic and classified as a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) agent, has greatly threatened global …

A PCR amplicon-based SARS-CoV-2 replicon for antiviral evaluation

T Kotaki, X Xie, PY Shi, M Kameoka - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The development of specific antiviral compounds to SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent task. One of
the obstacles for the antiviral development is the requirement of biocontainment because …

Versatile SARS-CoV-2 reverse-genetics systems for the study of antiviral resistance and replication

U Fahnøe, LV Pham, C Fernandez-Antunez, R Costa… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten healthcare systems worldwide due to the
limited access to vaccines, suboptimal treatment options, and the continuous emergence of …

Construction of non-infectious SARS-CoV-2 replicons and their application in drug evaluation

B Wang, C Zhang, X Lei, L Ren, Z Zhao, J Wang… - Virologica Sinica, 2021 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a devastating
pandemic worldwide. Vaccines and antiviral drugs are the most promising candidates for …