An overview of antivirals against monkeypox virus and other orthopoxviruses

J Wang, M Shahed-AI-Mahmud, A Chen… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current monkeypox outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic have reignited interest in
orthopoxvirus antivirals. Monkeypox belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae …

Monkeypox treatment: current evidence and future perspectives

E Khani, B Afsharirad… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract As of September 11, 2022, 57 669 reports of monkeypox infection raised global
concern. Previous vaccinia virus vaccination can protect from monkeypox. However, after …

Disulfide-incorporated lipid prodrugs of cidofovir: synthesis, antiviral activity, and release mechanism

B Wang, B Cao, ZC Bei, L Xu, D Zhang, L Zhao… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses represented by adenovirus and monkeypox
virus, have attracted widespread attention due to their high infectivity. In 2022, the global …

A review of Mpox: Biological characteristics, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies

L Jiang, A Xu, L Guan, Y Tang, G Chai, J Feng… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) was declared a Public Health Emergency of
International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the zoonotic …

Activation of stress response pathways promotes formation of antiviral granules and restricts virus replication

DK Rozelle, CM Filone, N Kedersha… - Molecular and cellular …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The formation of protein-RNA granules is a part of both natural cellular function (P-bodies
and nuclear HNRNPs) and the response to cellular stress (stress granules and ND10 …

Suppression of poxvirus replication by resveratrol

S Cao, S Realegeno, A Pant… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Poxviruses continue to cause serious diseases even after eradication of the historically
deadly infectious human disease, smallpox. Poxviruses are currently being developed as …

Orthopoxvirus targets for the development of new antiviral agents

MN Prichard, ER Kern - Antiviral research, 2012 - Elsevier
Investments in the development of new drugs for orthopoxvirus infections have fostered new
avenues of research, provided an improved understanding of orthopoxvirus biology and …

The master regulator of the cellular stress response (HSF1) is critical for orthopoxvirus infection

CM Filone, IS Caballero, K Dower, ML Mendillo… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The genus Orthopoxviridae contains a diverse group of human pathogens including
monkeypox, smallpox and vaccinia. These viruses are presumed to be less dependent on …

Are we prepared in case of a possible smallpox-like disease emergence?

VA Olson, SN Shchelkunov - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated, through a concerted vaccination
campaign led by the World Health Organization. Since its eradication, routine vaccination …

Identification of small molecules with improved potency against orthopoxviruses from vaccinia to smallpox

LE Brown, S Seitz, AV Kondas, PT Marcyk… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
The genus Orthopoxvirus contains several human pathogens, including vaccinia,
monkeypox, cowpox, and variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox. Although there are …