Key considerations during the transition from the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

P Rzymski, M Pokorska-Śpiewak, T Jackowska… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been met with an unprecedented response from the scientific
community, leading to the development, investigation, and authorization of vaccines and …

Antivirals for broader coverage against human coronaviruses

M Outteridge, CM Nunn, K Devine, B Patel, GR McLean - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with a
genome that is 27–31 kbases in length. Critical genes include the spike (S), envelope (E) …

The mutational landscape of SARS-CoV-2

B Saldivar-Espinoza, P Garcia-Segura… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mutation research is crucial for detecting and treating SARS-CoV-2 and developing
vaccines. Using over 5,300,000 sequences from SARS-CoV-2 genomes and custom Python …

A stapled lipopeptide platform for preventing and treating highly pathogenic viruses of pandemic potential

GH Bird, JJ Patten, W Zavadoski, N Barucci… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The continued emergence of highly pathogenic viruses, which either thwart immune-and
small molecule-based therapies or lack interventions entirely, mandates alternative …

A Cullin 5-based complex serves as an essential modulator of ORF9b stability in SARS-CoV-2 replication

Y Zhou, Z Chen, S Liu, S Liu, Y Liao, A Du… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The ORF9b protein, derived from the nucleocapsid's open-reading frame in both SARS-CoV
and SARS-CoV-2, serves as an accessory protein crucial for viral immune evasion by …

SARS-CoV-2 evolution during prolonged infection in immunocompromised patients

AD Marques, J Graham-Wooten, AS Fitzgerald… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Prolonged infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in
immunocompromised patients provides an opportunity for viral evolution, potentially leading …

From De Novo Design to Redesign: Harnessing Computational Protein Design for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Mechanisms and Developing Therapeutics

AK Padhi, P Kalita, S Maurya, KM Poluri… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The continuous emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and subvariants serves as
compelling evidence that COVID-19 is an ongoing concern. The swift, well-coordinated …

The significance of recurrent de novo amino acid substitutions that emerged during chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study

JD Ip, WM Chu, WM Chan, AWH Chu, RCY Leung… - Ebiomedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background De novo amino acid substitutions (DNS) frequently emerge among
immunocompromised patients with chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection. While previous studies …

Molecular characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron clade and clinical presentation in children

R Scutari, V Fox, V Fini, A Granaglia, AC Vittucci… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron clade has shown a marked degree of variability
and different clinical presentation compared with previous clades. Here we demonstrate that …

[HTML][HTML] Role of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic

P Colson, H Chaudet, J Delerce, P Pontarotti… - Journal of Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary Objectives The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and large-scale genomic surveillance
provided an exceptional opportunity to analyze mutations that appeared over three years in …