Discovery of cyclic peptide inhibitors targeting PD-L1 for cancer immunotherapy

J Fetse, Z Zhao, H Liu, UF Mamani… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Blockade of the interaction between programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and its
receptor PD-1 has shown great success in cancer immunotherapy. Peptides possess unique …

Peptides and peptidomimetics as therapeutic agents for Covid‐19

A Dahal, JJ Sonju, KG Kousoulas, SD Jois - Peptide Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Covid‐19 pandemic
has caused high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Virus entry into cells can be …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron: Viral Evolution, Immune Evasion, and Alternative Durable Therapeutic Strategies

H Guo, S Ha, JW Botten, K Xu, N Zhang, Z An… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus has gained dominance worldwide, its continual
evolution with unpredictable mutations and patterns has revoked all authorized …

Examining sialic acid derivatives as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor binding domain

T Banerjee, A Gosai, N Yousefi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) has been the primary
reason behind the COVID-19 global pandemic which has affected millions of lives …

Computational analysis of spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (Omicron variant) for development of peptide-based therapeutics and diagnostics

M Pritam, S Dutta, KM Medicherla… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the last few years, the worldwide population has suffered from the SARS-CoV-2
pandemic. The WHO dashboard indicated that around 504,079,039 people were infected …

Computational Design of Miniproteins as SARS-CoV-2 Therapeutic Inhibitors

B Jawad, P Adhikari, K Cheng, R Podgornik… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A rational therapeutic strategy is urgently needed for combating SARS-CoV-2 infection. Viral
infection initiates when the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) binds to the ACE2 …

Structure-Guided Chemical Optimization of Bicyclic Peptide (Bicycle) Inhibitors of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2

MAJ Harman, SJ Stanway, H Scott… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a metalloprotease that cleaves angiotensin II, a
peptide substrate involved in the regulation of hypertension. Here, we identified a series of …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 pan-variant inhibitory peptides deter S1-ACE2 interaction and neutralize delta and omicron pseudoviruses

M Shah, SU Moon, JH Kim, TT Thao, HG Woo - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Approved neutralizing antibodies that target the prototype Spike are losing their potency
against the emerging variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2, particularly Omicron …

Will peptides help to stop COVID-19?

VG Krut', SA Chuvpilo, IV Astrakhantseva… - Biochemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Peptides are widely used for the diagnostics, prevention, and therapy of certain human
diseases. How useful can they be for the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus …

Screened Fv-Antibodies against the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Receptor Neutralizing the Infection of SARS-CoV-2

J Jung, S Kwon, JS Sung, HE Bae… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
For the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection, four Fv-antibodies with binding affinity for the
ACE2 receptor were screened from an Fv-antibody library. The screened Fv-antibodies were …