Latest ArticlesWest Nile virus is a flavivirus transmitted by culex mosquitoes. People are generally susceptible to it, West Nile virus infection can cause west Nile fever, which can develop West Nile viral encephalitis and even lead to death. There are currently no approved specific antiviral drugs against West Nile virus. Therefore, seeking effective West Nile virus inhibitors is a hot topic in current community of medicinal chemistry. In this article, based on the main targets of West Nile virus, we summarize the new progress research on West Nile virus inhibitors.
At present, the most widely used anti-herpesviruses drugs are acyclovir (ACV) and its derivatives, but the emergence of herpesvirus resistance to these drugs forces people to continue to seek new anti-herpesviruses drugs. More and more new targets and inhibitors against herpesviruses have been discovered, one reason is the in-depth study of the biological characteristics and pathogenic mechanism of herpesviruses, and the other is the rapid development of new drug design and screening technology. Therefore, there are more options for the treatment of herpes infections. This review summarizes the representative achievements in the field of anti-herpesviruses drugs in recent years.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) capsid protein plays an important role in the life cycle, thus becoming an ideal target for drug design. Capsid protein inhibitors can exert a synergistic antiviral effect with nucleoside drugs by inhibiting the replication of HBV. This paper reviews the research progress of capsid protein inhibitors with different structural types from the perspective of medicinal chemistry.
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a kind of mosquito-borne flavivirus. ZIKV infection initially shows mild symptoms on patients, but will lead to severe neurological complications (such as Guillain-Barré syndrome) in the end. Meanwhile, pregnant women are sensitive to ZIKV, since the viruses may cause microcephaly. In 2015, after the epidemic in Brazil, ZIKV draws the public attention around the world because of its increased virulence and rapid dissemination. However, there is no approved specific anti-ZIKV drugs at present. This review summarizes progress on anti-zika virus drug research and provides prospects in this field.
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is an arthropod-borne infection disease caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which represents a serious health problem worldwide. There is no antiviral drugs treatment for CHIKV infections, neither is there an effective vaccine for prevention of the disease. Herein, we reviewed the recent reported and classical inhibitors of CHIKV, and summarized the medicinal chemistry strategies for discovering CHIKV inhibitors.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the main pathogen causing respiratory infections in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Currently, ribavirin and the humanized monoclonal antibody palivizumab are commonly used for lower respiratory tract infections caused by RSV. However, their clinical application has been limited by their efficacy, economy and safety. Therefore, it is necessary to develop new RSV inhibitors to meet the needs of clinical prevention and treatment. This paper selects typical research cases and reviews the research progress of different target inhibitors from the perspective of medicinal chemistry.
At present, the anti-HCMV (human cytomegalovirus) drugs have some problems, such as moderate activity, poor bioavailability, which urge people to develop new anti-HCMV drugs. With the continuous study on the pathogenesis and biological characteristics of HCMV and the rapid development of new drug design strategies, new generation of anti-HCMV targets and drugs have been identified. This review selects the most representative research examples in recent years, and summarizes the new targets and research progress of anti-HCMV drugs from the perspective of medicinal chemistry.
Ebola virus is extremely virulent and highly contagious. Ebola virus causes outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever, with human mortality rates of up to 90%. There is currently no preventive or therapeutic treatment in the form of vaccines, biological or small molecular agents. Currently, a lot of anti-Ebola virus agents have been reported. Here, we review the latest advances in this field.
The outbreak of the influenza viruses (IFV) caused significant harm to our health and life. Human infections caused by pathogenic avian influenza virus (AIV) have continually brought great panic and death threats to people all over the world. With the in-depth study of the biological characteristics of influenza viruses and the rapid development of drug discovery screening technology, a new generation of anti-influenza drug targets and their inhibitors have been continuously discovered, providing more options for the treatment of influenza. From the point of view of medicinal chemistry, this review summarizes and discusses current endeavours towards the discovery and development of novel inhibitors and also provides examples illustrating new methodologies that contribute to the identification of novel anti-influenza drugs.
Dengue fever is one of the most important vector-borne human diseases caused by mosquito vector Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Dengue virus can cause dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. There are no approved drugs for the treatment of dengue disease so far. In this paper, combined with the latest progress in the research of anti-dengue virus, the new progress in the research of anti-dengue virus drugs was reviewed from the aspects of protease inhibitors, virus polymerase inhibitors, entry inhibitors, virus replication-related host factor inhibitors, capsid protein inhibitors and nucleic acid inhibitors.
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