[HTML][HTML] Small molecules targeting viral RNA

G Mathez, V Cagno - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The majority of antivirals available target viral proteins; however, RNA is emerging as a new
and promising antiviral target due to the presence of highly structured RNA in viral genomes …

Heterobifunctional small molecules to modulate RNA function

S Kovachka, Y Tong, JL Childs-Disney… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
RNA has diverse cellular functionality, including regulating gene expression, protein
translation, and cellular response to stimuli, due to its intricate structures. Over the past …

Large-scale chemoproteomics expedites ligand discovery and predicts ligand behavior in cells

F Offensperger, G Tin, M Duran-Frigola, E Hahn… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Chemical modulation of proteins enables a mechanistic understanding of biology and
represents the foundation of most therapeutics. However, despite decades of research, 80 …

Developing nucleoside tailoring strategies against SARS-CoV-2 via ribonuclease targeting chimera

Y Min, W Xiong, W Shen, X Liu, Q Qi, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
In response to the urgent need for potent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) therapeutics, this study introduces an innovative nucleoside tailoring strategy …

Ultrasensitive DNA Origami Plasmon Sensor for Accurate Detection in Circulating Tumor DNAs

Z Chen, C Meng, X Wang, J Chen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Early lung cancer screening by computed tomography is hampered by pulmonary nodules
caused by massive COVID‐19 infections, necessitating an ultrasensitive approach for the …

RNA–Small-Molecule Interaction: Challenging the “Undruggable” Tag

J Kaur, A Sharma, P Mundlia, V Sood… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA targeting, specifically with small molecules, is a relatively new and rapidly emerging
avenue with the promise to expand the target space in the drug discovery field. From being …

The RNA secondary structure of androgen receptor-FL and V7 transcripts reveals novel regulatory regions

WB Rouse, VS Tompkins, CA O'Leary… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The androgen receptor (AR) is a ligand-dependent nuclear transcription factor belonging to
the steroid hormone nuclear receptor family. Due to its roles in regulating cell proliferation …

Deep Learning-Based Chemical Similarity for Accelerated Organic Light-Emitting Diode Materials Discovery

H Kim, K Lee, JH Kim, WY Kim - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material has attracted great attention as a
promising metal-free organic light-emitting diode material with a high theoretical efficiency …

Targeting Ribonucleases with Small Molecules and Bifunctional Molecules

L Borgelt, P Wu - ACS Chemical Biology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ribonucleases (RNases) cleave and process RNAs, thereby regulating the biogenesis,
metabolism, and degradation of coding and noncoding RNAs. Thus, small molecules …

Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines

YD Tang, C Yu, XH Cai - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Conditionally replicating viruses (CRVs) are a type of virus with one or more essential gene
functions that are impaired resulting in the disruption of viral genome replication, protein …