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 …

Structural biology of Zika virus and other flaviviruses

SS Hasan, M Sevvana, RJ Kuhn… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an enveloped, icosahedral flavivirus that has structural and functional
similarities to other human flavivirus pathogens such as dengue (DENV), West Nile (WNV) …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus disrupts phospho-TBK1 localization and mitosis in human neuroepithelial stem cells and radial glia

M Onorati, Z Li, F Liu, AMM Sousa, N Nakagawa, M Li… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying Zika virus (ZIKV)-related microcephaly and other
neurodevelopment defects remain poorly understood. Here, we describe the derivation and …

The clinically approved antiviral drug sofosbuvir inhibits Zika virus replication

CQ Sacramento, GR de Melo, CS de Freitas… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flaviviridae family, along with other agents of clinical
significance such as dengue (DENV) and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses. Since ZIKV causes …

Synthesis, antimicrobial, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies of lauroyl thymidine analogs against SARS-CoV-2: POM study and identification of the …

MA Hosen, NS Munia, M Al-Ghorbani, M Baashen… - Bioorganic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nucleoside precursors and nucleoside analogs occupy an important place in the treatment
of viral respiratory pathologies, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. From this …

Inhibition of autophagy limits vertical transmission of Zika virus in pregnant mice

B Cao, LA Parnell, MS Diamond… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy leads to devastating fetal outcomes, including
intrauterine growth restriction and microcephaly. Greater understanding of mechanisms …

Nucleoside analogs as a rich source of antiviral agents active against arthropod-borne flaviviruses

L Eyer, R Nencka, E de Clercq… - Antiviral Chemistry …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Nucleoside analogs represent the largest class of small molecule-based antivirals, which
currently form the backbone of chemotherapy of chronic infections caused by HIV, hepatitis …

Arbidol (Umifenovir): a broad-spectrum antiviral drug that inhibits medically important arthropod-borne flaviviruses

J Haviernik, M Štefánik, M Fojtíková, S Kali, N Tordo… - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Arthropod-borne flaviviruses are human pathogens of global medical importance, against
which no effective small molecule-based antiviral therapy has currently been reported …

Drugs for the treatment of Zika virus infection

JA Bernatchez, LT Tran, J Li, Y Luan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that causes the neurodevelopmental congenital Zika
syndrome and that has been linked to the neuroinflammatory Guillain–Barré syndrome. The …

Adenosine analog NITD008 is a potent inhibitor of Zika virus

YQ Deng, NN Zhang, CF Li, M Tian… - Open Forum …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks have raised global concerns due to its unexpected
clinical manifestations. Antiviral development is of high priority in response to the ZIKV …