Chalcone-amide, a privileged backbone for the design and development of selective SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitors

M Valipour - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The newly emerged coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, is the closest relative of SARS-CoV with high …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of 3-chymotrypsin like protease (3CLPro) inhibitors as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents

V Mody, J Ho, S Wills, A Mawri, L Lawson… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection is a major threat to public health. The morbidity is increasing due to lack of SARS …

2-O, 3-O-desulfated heparin inhibits neutrophil elastase–induced HMGB-1 secretion and airway inflammation

KL Griffin, BM Fischer, AB Kummarapurugu… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a major inflammatory mediator in cystic fibrosis (CF) that is a
robust predictor of lung disease progression. NE directly causes airway injury via protease …

Discovery of 9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors for treating COVID-19

JW Zhang, Y Xiong, F Wang, FM Zhang, X Yang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The epidemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has now spread worldwide and efficacious …

An enzymatic TMPRSS2 assay for assessment of clinical candidates and discovery of inhibitors as potential treatment of COVID-19

JH Shrimp, SC Kales, PE Sanderson… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 is the viral pathogen causing the COVID19 global pandemic. Consequently,
much research has gone into the development of preclinical assays for the discovery of new …

TMPRSS2 and furin are both essential for proteolytic activation of SARS-CoV-2 in human airway cells

D Bestle, MR Heindl, H Limburg… - Life science …, 2020 - life-science-alliance.org
The novel emerged SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread around the world causing acute
infection of the respiratory tract (COVID-19) that can result in severe disease and lethality …

[HTML][HTML] Elafin, an elastase-specific inhibitor, is cleaved by its cognate enzyme neutrophil elastase in sputum from individuals with cystic fibrosis

N Guyot, MW Butler, P McNally, S Weldon… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Elafin is a neutrophil serine protease inhibitor expressed in lung and displaying anti-
inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. Previous studies demonstrated that some innate …

Genetic and pharmacological evaluation of cathepsin s in a mouse model of asthma

K Deschamps, W Cromlish, S Weicker… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Cathepsin S (Cat S) is predominantly expressed in antigen-presenting cells and is up-
regulated in several preclinical models of antigen-induced inflammation, suggesting a role …

Plitidepsin has potent preclinical efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting the host protein eEF1A

KM White, R Rosales, S Yildiz, T Kehrer, L Miorin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral proteins interact with
the eukaryotic translation machinery, and inhibitors of translation have potent antiviral …

Human cathelicidin inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection: killing two birds with one stone

C Wang, S Wang, D Li, P Chen, S Han… - ACS infectious …, 2021 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 infection begins with the association of its spike 1 (S1) protein with host
angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2). Targeting the interaction between S1 and ACE2 …