Targeting papain-like protease by natural products as novel therapeutic potential SARS-CoV-2

M Waqas, S Ullah, SA Halim, NU Rehman, A Ali… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The highly infectious respiratory illness 'COVID-19'was caused by SARS-CoV-2 and is
responsible for millions of deaths. SARS-single-stranded viral RNA genome encodes …

A Review of Extracellular Vesicles in COVID‐19 Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

P Su, Y Wu, F Xie, Q Zheng, L Chen, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is ongoing, and has necessitated …

SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitory and antiviral activity of small molecule derivatives for drug leads

AK Ghosh, D Shahabi, MEC Imhoff, S Kovela… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report here the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of small molecule SARS-
CoV-2 PLpro inhibitors. We compared the activity of selected compounds in both SARS-CoV …

Synthesis, Optimization, and Structure–Activity Relationships of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines as Inhibitors of Group 2 Influenza A Viruses

S Alqarni, L Cooper, J Galvan Achi, R Bott… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The influenza A virus (IAV) is a highly contagious virus that causes pandemics and seasonal
epidemics, which are major public health issues. Current anti-influenza therapeutics are …

Silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes are potent uncompetitive inhibitors of the papain-like protease with antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2

M Gil-Moles, C O'Beirne, IV Esarev… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused a high demand for novel innovative
antiviral drug candidates. Despite promising results, metal complexes have been relatively …

Identification of Cysteine 270 as a Novel Site for Allosteric Modulators of SARS‐CoV‐2 Papain‐Like Protease

H Hu, Q Wang, H Su, Q Shao, W Zhao… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The coronavirus papain‐like protease (PLpro) plays an important role in the proteolytic
processing of viral polyproteins and the dysregulation of the host immune response …

Drug-repurposing screening identified tropifexor as a SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitor

C Ma, Y Hu, Y Wang, J Choza, J Wang - ACS infectious diseases, 2022 - ACS Publications
The global COVID-19 pandemic underscores the dire need for effective antivirals.
Encouraging progress has been made in developing small-molecule inhibitors targeting the …

Potent and selective covalent inhibition of the papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2

BC Sanders, S Pokhrel, AD Labbe, II Mathews… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Direct-acting antivirals are needed to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which
is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The papain …

A Patent Review on SARS Coronavirus Papain‐Like Protease (PLpro) Inhibitors

CS Brian Chia, S Pheng Lim - ChemMedChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) pandemic is an
unprecedented global health emergency causing more than 6.6 million fatalities by 31 …

Pyronaridine protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in mouse

AC Puhl, GF Gomes, S Damasceno… - ACS Infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There are currently relatively few small-molecule antiviral drugs that are either approved or
emergency-approved for use against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …