Broad-spectrum agents for flaviviral infections: dengue, Zika and beyond

V Boldescu, MAM Behnam, N Vasilakis… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Infections with flaviviruses, such as dengue, West Nile virus and the recently re-emerging
Zika virus, are an increasing and probably lasting global risk. This Review summarizes and …

Molecular insights into the flavivirus replication complex

K Van den Elsen, JP Quek, D Luo - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses, many of which are clinically relevant human viral
pathogens, such as dengue, Zika, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile and yellow fever …

Structural and biochemical characterization of the nsp12-nsp7-nsp8 core polymerase complex from SARS-CoV-2

Q Peng, R Peng, B Yuan, J Zhao, M Wang, X Wang… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a huge
number of human deaths. Currently, there are no specific drugs or vaccines available for this …

Flavivirus nonstructural proteins and replication complexes as antiviral drug targets

K van den Elsen, BLA Chew, JS Ho, D Luo - Current opinion in virology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Molecular structures and predicated models of flaviviral NS proteins.•Recent
advance in antiviral development targeting NS proteins.•Inhibitors targeting NS4B entering …

Structural basis for STAT2 suppression by flavivirus NS5

B Wang, S Thurmond, K Zhou… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Suppressing cellular signal transducers of transcription 2 (STAT2) is a common strategy that
viruses use to establish infections, yet the detailed mechanism remains elusive, owing to a …

Zika virus structural biology and progress in vaccine development

HH Lin, BS Yip, LM Huang, SC Wu - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing number of zika virus (ZIKV) infections plus a 20-fold increase in neonatal
microcephaly in newborns in Brazil have raised alarms in many countries regarding the …

[HTML][HTML] Functional RNA during Zika virus infection

GP Göertz, SR Abbo, JJ Fros, GP Pijlman - Virus research, 2018 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV; family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus) is a pathogenic mosquito-borne RNA
virus that currently threatens human health in the Americas, large parts of Asia and …

Inhibitors of the Zika virus protease NS2B-NS3

S Voss, C Nitsche - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the Zika virus has emerged from a neglected flavivirus to a health-
threatening pathogen that causes epidemic outbreaks associated with neurological …

Regulation of antiviral innate immunity by chemical modification of viral RNA

N Li, TM Rana - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
More than 100 chemical modifications of RNA, termed the epitranscriptome, have been
described, most of which occur in prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomal, transfer, and …

Flavivirus: from structure to therapeutics development

R Zhao, M Wang, J Cao, J Shen, X Zhou, D Wang… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are still a hidden threat to global human safety, as we are reminded by recent
reports of dengue virus infections in Singapore and African-lineage-like Zika virus infections …