The anti-viral facet of anti-rheumatic drugs: Lessons from COVID-19

C Perricone, P Triggianese, E Bartoloni, G Cafaro… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection has posed the world at a pandemic risk. Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) is an …

Host-directed antiviral therapy

N Kumar, S Sharma, R Kumar, BN Tripathi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antiviral drugs have traditionally been developed by directly targeting essential viral
components. However, this strategy often fails due to the rapid generation of drug-resistant …

Therapeutic strategies to target the Ebola virus life cycle

T Hoenen, A Groseth, H Feldmann - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Following the Ebola virus disease epidemic in west Africa, there has been increased
awareness of the need for improved therapies for emerging diseases, including viral …

Structural and functional aspects of Ebola virus proteins

S Jain, E Martynova, A Rizvanov, S Khaiboullina… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ebola virus (EBOV), member of genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, have a non-segmented,
single-stranded RNA that contains seven genes:(a) nucleoprotein (NP),(b) viral protein 35 …

COVID-19 in teriflunomide-treated patients with multiple sclerosis

AH Maghzi, MK Houtchens, P Preziosa, C Ionete… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The outbreak of a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-
19), has raised health concerns for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are commonly …

Lipid delivery systems for nucleic-acid-based-drugs: From production to clinical applications

AA Barba, S Bochicchio, A Dalmoro, G Lamberti - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the last years the rapid development of Nucleic Acid Based Drugs (NABDs) to be used in
gene therapy has had a great impact in the medical field, holding enormous promise …

In silico identification of cassava genome-encoded MicroRNAs with predicted potential for targeting the ICMV-Kerala begomoviral pathogen of cassava

MA Ashraf, B Ali, JK Brown, I Shahid, N Yu - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is caused by several divergent species belonging to the
genus Begomovirus (Geminiviridae) transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci cryptic …

IMU-838, a developmental DHODH inhibitor in phase II for autoimmune disease, shows anti-SARS-CoV-2 and broad-spectrum antiviral efficacy in vitro

F Hahn, C Wangen, S Häge, AS Peter, G Dobler… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ongoing pandemic spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2
(SARS-CoV-2) demands skillful strategies for novel drug development, drug repurposing …

A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase as a potential antiviral target for Ebola virus

M Flint, P Chatterjee, DL Lin, LK McMullan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
There are no approved therapies for Ebola virus infection. Here, to find potential therapeutic
targets, we perform a screen for genes essential for Ebola virus (EBOV) infection. We identify …

Utility of leflunomide in the treatment of complex cytomegalovirus syndromes

RK Avery, SB Mossad, E Poggio, M Lard… - …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia that is resistant or refractory to the standard
antiviral therapy still constitutes a major threat to high-risk transplant recipients. In addition …