Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Innate immune evasion strategies of SARS-CoV-2

JM Minkoff, B tenOever - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has been
associated with substantial global morbidity and mortality. Despite a tropism that is largely …

Rapid assessment of SARS-CoV-2–evolved variants using virus-like particles

AM Syed, TY Taha, T Tabata, IP Chen, A Ciling… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Efforts to determine why new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) variants demonstrate improved fitness have been limited to analyzing mutations in the …

Analysis of 6.4 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes identifies mutations associated with fitness

F Obermeyer, M Jankowiak, N Barkas, SF Schaffner… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Repeated emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variants with increased fitness underscores the value of rapid detection and characterization …

Phase-separating RNA-binding proteins form heterogeneous distributions of clusters in subsaturated solutions

M Kar, F Dar, TJ Welsh, LT Vogel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Macromolecular phase separation is thought to be one of the processes that drives the
formation of membraneless biomolecular condensates in cells. The dynamics of phase …

The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and its role in viral structure, biological functions, and a potential target for drug or vaccine mitigation

Z Bai, Y Cao, W Liu, J Li - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on the world
is still expanding. Thus, there is an urgent need to better understand this novel virus and find …

A comprehensive review of COVID-19 virology, vaccines, variants, and therapeutics

L Forchette, W Sebastian, T Liu - Current medical science, 2021 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused more than 179 million infections and …

The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein: its role in the viral life cycle, structure and functions, and use as a potential target in the development of vaccines and …

W Wu, Y Cheng, H Zhou, C Sun, S Zhang - Virology journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to take a heavy toll on personal
health, healthcare systems, and economies around the globe. Scientists are expending …

Targeting liquid–liquid phase separation of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein promotes innate antiviral immunity by elevating MAVS activity

S Wang, T Dai, Z Qin, T Pan, F Chu, L Lou, L Zhang… - Nature Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 exhibit low expression of interferon-stimulated
genes, contributing to a limited antiviral response. Uncovering the underlying mechanism of …

The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein

S Lu, Q Ye, D Singh, Y Cao, JK Diedrich… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The multifunctional nucleocapsid (N) protein in SARS-CoV-2 binds the~ 30 kb viral RNA
genome to aid its packaging into the 80–90 nm membrane-enveloped virion. The N protein …