Direct-acting antiviral agents for hepatitis C: structural and mechanistic insights

M Götte, JJ Feld - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016 - nature.com
The treatment of HCV infection has evolved at an extremely rapid pace over the past few
years. The development of direct-acting antiviral agents, which potently inhibit different …

Nucleoside, nucleotide, and non-nucleoside inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase

MJ Sofia, W Chang, PA Furman… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health problem that impacts approximately 180
million individuals. Of those initially infected with HCV approximately 80% will progress to …

The FDA-approved drug sofosbuvir inhibits Zika virus infection

KM Bullard-Feibelman, J Govero, Z Zhu, V Salazar… - Antiviral research, 2017 - Elsevier
The rapidly expanding Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic has affected thousands of individuals with
severe cases causing Guillain-Barré syndrome, congenital malformations, and …

Structural basis for RNA replication by the hepatitis C virus polymerase

TC Appleby, JK Perry, E Murakami, O Barauskas… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Nucleotide analog inhibitors have shown clinical success in the treatment of hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection, despite an incomplete mechanistic understanding of NS5B, the viral RNA …

Infrequent development of resistance in genotype 1–6 hepatitis C virus–infected subjects treated with sofosbuvir in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials

ES Svarovskaia, H Dvory-Sobol… - Clinical Infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Infrequent Development of Resistance in Genotype 1–6 Hepatitis C Virus–Infected Subjects
Treated With Sofosbuvir in Phase 2 and 3 Clinical Trials | Clinical Infectious Diseases …

Genotype and subtype profiling of PSI-7977 as a nucleotide inhibitor of hepatitis C virus

AM Lam, C Espiritu, S Bansal… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT PSI-7977, a prodrug of 2′-F-2′-C-methyluridine monophosphate, is the
purified diastereoisomer of PSI-7851 and is currently being investigated in phase 3 clinical …

Nucleotide analogues as inhibitors of SARS‐CoV polymerase

J Ju, X Li, S Kumar, S Jockusch… - Pharmacology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract SARS‐CoV‐2, a member of the coronavirus family, has caused a global public
health emergency. Based on our analysis of hepatitis C virus and coronavirus replication …

[HTML][HTML] A structure-function diversity survey of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases from the positive-strand RNA viruses

H Jia, P Gong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) encoded by the RNA viruses are a unique
class of nucleic acid polymerases. Each viral RdRP contains a 500–600 residue catalytic …

Structural insight into tight junction disassembly by Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin

Y Saitoh, H Suzuki, K Tani, K Nishikawa, K Irie… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The C-terminal region of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (C-CPE) can bind to specific
claudins, resulting in the disintegration of tight junctions (TJs) and an increase in the …

Kill or corrupt: Mechanisms of action and drug-resistance of nucleotide analogues against SARS-CoV-2

A Shannon, B Canard - Antiviral Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleoside/tide analogues (NAs) have long been used in the fight against viral diseases,
and now present a promising option for the treatment of COVID-19. Once activated to the 5 …