CD147 as a target for COVID-19 treatment: suggested effects of azithromycin and stem cell engagement

H Ulrich, MM Pillat - Stem cell reviews and reports, 2020 - Springer
The expressive number of deaths and confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 call for an urgent
demand of effective and available drugs for COVID-19 treatment. CD147, a receptor on host …

CD147-spike protein interaction in COVID-19: Get the ball rolling with a novel receptor and therapeutic target

T Behl, I Kaur, L Aleya, A Sehgal, S Singh… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The combat against the Corona virus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), has created a chaos
among the healthcare institutions and researchers, in turn accelerating the dire need to …

Merozoite surface proteins in red blood cell invasion, immunity and vaccines against malaria

JG Beeson, DR Drew, MJ Boyle, G Feng… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Malaria accounts for an enormous burden of disease globally, with Plasmodium falciparum
accounting for the majority of malaria, and P. vivax being a second important cause …

Azithromycin: the first broad-spectrum therapeutic

A Firth, P Prathapan - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Strategic Plan for Biodefense Research by the US Department of Health and
Human Services demarcates the need for drugs which target multiple types of pathogens to …

Molecular basis of the potential interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to CD147 in COVID-19 associated-lymphopenia

MA Helal, S Shouman, A Abdelwaly… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lymphopenia is considered one of the most characteristic clinical features of the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2 infects host cells via the interaction of its spike …

YcaO-dependent posttranslational amide activation: biosynthesis, structure, and function

BJ Burkhart, CJ Schwalen, G Mann, JH Naismith… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
With advances in sequencing technology, uncharacterized proteins and domains of
unknown function (DUFs) are rapidly accumulating in sequence databases and offer an …

A multistage antimalarial targets the plasmepsins IX and X essential for invasion and egress

P Pino, R Caldelari, B Mukherjee, J Vahokoski… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Regulated exocytosis by secretory organelles is important for malaria parasite invasion and
egress. Many parasite effector proteins, including perforins, adhesins, and proteases, are …

The complete structure of the chloroplast 70S ribosome in complex with translation factor pY

P Bieri, M Leibundgut, M Saurer, D Boehringer… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Chloroplasts are cellular organelles of plants and algae that are responsible for energy
conversion and carbon fixation by the photosynthetic reaction. As a consequence of their …

14-and 15-membered lactone macrolides and their analogues and hybrids: Structure, molecular mechanism of action and biological activity

A Janas, P Przybylski - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Classical macrolides containing 14-or 15-membered aglycone lactone rings are
basic and widely used antibacterial agents in clinical therapy. Macrolides exert antibacterial …

Targeting malaria parasite invasion of red blood cells as an antimalarial strategy

AL Burns, MG Dans, JM Balbin… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Plasmodium spp. parasites that cause malaria disease remain a significant global-health
burden. With the spread of parasites resistant to artemisinin combination therapies in …