Biochemistry and molecular biology of flaviviruses

NJ Barrows, RK Campos, KC Liao, KR Prasanth… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flaviviruses, such as dengue, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile,
yellow fever, and Zika viruses, are critically important human pathogens that sicken a …

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 …

Current status of dengue therapeutics research and development

JGH Low, EE Ooi, SG Vasudevan - The Journal of infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Dengue is a significant global health problem. Even though a vaccine against dengue is
now available, which is a notable achievement, its long-term protective efficacy against each …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in antiviral drug development towards dengue virus

B Troost, JM Smit - Current opinion in virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evaluating drug efficacy, specificity and toxicity may help to develop an optimal
treatment regime for in vivo studies.•Measuring time to resolve viremia in vivo may help to …

The role of host cholesterol during flavivirus infection

JF Osuna-Ramos, JM Reyes-Ruiz… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In recent years the emergence and resurgence of arboviruses have generated a global
health alert. Among arboviruses, Dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), Yellow Fever (YFV), and …

Coupling of replication and assembly in flaviviruses

S Apte-Sengupta, D Sirohi, RJ Kuhn - Current opinion in virology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Flavivirus replication occurs on modified ER membranes called vesicle packets
(Vp) and membrane vesicles (Ve).•Flavivirus non-structural proteins are implicated in …

Cholesterol-lowering drugs as potential antivirals: a repurposing approach against flavivirus infections

JF Osuna-Ramos, CN Farfan-Morales… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses, including Dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), and Yellow Fever (YFV) viruses,
represent a significant global health burden. The development of effective antiviral therapies …

Lipids and flaviviruses, present and future perspectives for the control of dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses

MA Martín-Acebes, Á Vázquez-Calvo, JC Saiz - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
Flaviviruses are emerging arthropod-borne pathogens that cause life-threatening diseases
such as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, Kyasanur …

The medicinal chemistry of dengue virus

MAM Behnam, C Nitsche, V Boldescu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dengue virus and related flaviviruses are an increasing global health threat. In this
perspective, we comment on and review medicinal chemistry efforts aimed at the prevention …

Lovastatin for the treatment of adult patients with dengue: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

J Whitehorn, CVV Nguyen, LP Khanh… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Dengue endangers billions of people in the tropical world, yet no therapeutic is
currently available. In part, the severe manifestations of dengue reflect inflammatory …