Antiviral strategies targeting host factors and mechanisms obliging+ ssRNA viral pathogens

S Mahajan, S Choudhary, P Kumar, S Tomar - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, periodic recurrence of viral infections, and the
emergence of challenging variants has created an urgent need of alternative therapeutic …

The fatty acid lipid metabolism nexus in COVID-19

JE Tanner, C Alfieri - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enteric symptomology seen in early-stage severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-2003
and COVID-19 is evidence of virus replication occurring in the intestine, liver and pancreas …

Inhibitors of VPS34 and fatty-acid metabolism suppress SARS-CoV-2 replication

CG Williams, AS Jureka, JA Silvas, AM Nicolini… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Coronaviruses rely on host membranes for entry, establishment of replication centers, and
egress. Compounds targeting cellular membrane biology and lipid biosynthetic pathways …

[HTML][HTML] An airway organoid-based screen identifies a role for the HIF1α-glycolysis axis in SARS-CoV-2 infection

X Duan, X Tang, MS Nair, T Zhang, Y Qiu, W Zhang… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
It is urgent to develop disease models to dissect mechanisms regulating severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, we derive airway …

Antivirals against the Chikungunya virus

V Battisti, E Urban, T Langer - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that has re-emerged in
recent decades, causing large-scale epidemics in many parts of the world. CHIKV infection …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibitors of VPS34 and lipid metabolism suppress SARS-CoV-2 replication

JA Silvas, AS Jureka, AM Nicolini, SA Chvatal… - Biorxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Therapeutics targeting replication of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are urgently
needed. Coronaviruses rely on host membranes for entry, establishment of replication …

Fatty acid synthase is involved in classical swine fever virus replication by interaction with NS4B

YY Liu, XD Liang, CC Liu, Y Cheng, H Chen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV), a member of the genus Pestivirus of the family
Flaviviridae, relies on host machinery to complete its life cycle. Previous studies have shown …

Interplay between lipid metabolism, lipid droplets and RNA virus replication

MA Farías, B Diethelm-Varela, AM Kalergis… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lipids play essential roles in the cell as components of cellular membranes, signaling
molecules, and energy storage sources. Lipid droplets are cellular organelles composed of …

Repurposed drugs in combinations exert additive anti-chikungunya virus activity: an in-vitro study

KS Davuluri, R Ghanghav, G Ahire, M Kakade… - Virology Journal, 2024 - Springer
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection causes chikungunya, a viral disease that currently has
no specific antiviral treatment. Several repurposed drug candidates have been investigated …

Mayaro virus: The state-of-the-art for antiviral drug development

AP Andreolla, AA Borges, J Bordignon… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mayaro virus is an emerging arbovirus that causes nonspecific febrile illness or arthralgia
syndromes similar to the Chikungunya virus, a virus closely related from the Togaviridae …