Antiviral approaches against influenza virus

R Kumari, SD Sharma, A Kumar, Z Ende… - Clinical microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Preventing and controlling influenza virus infection remains a global public health
challenge, as it causes seasonal epidemics to unexpected pandemics. These infections are …

The lipophilic bullet hits the targets: medicinal chemistry of adamantane derivatives

L Wanka, K Iqbal, PR Schreiner - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
A simple, primary amine bearing a C10H15 alkyl residue was found to display potent anti-
Influenza A properties in 1964. 1 Soon thereafter, antiviral activity of this amine was found …

Watching proteins wiggle: map** structures with two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy

A Ghosh, JS Ostrander, MT Zanni - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Proteins exhibit structural fluctuations over decades of time scales. From the picosecond
side chain motions to aggregates that form over the course of minutes, characterizing protein …

Structural basis for the function and inhibition of an influenza virus proton channel

AL Stouffer, R Acharya, D Salom, AS Levine… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The M2 protein from influenza A virus is a pH-activated proton channel that mediates
acidification of the interior of viral particles entrapped in endosomes. M2 is the target of the …

Molecular dynamics, monte carlo simulations, and langevin dynamics: a computational review

E Paquet, HL Viktor - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular structures, such as neuraminidases, hemagglutinins, and monoclonal
antibodies, are not rigid entities. Rather, they are characterised by their flexibility, which is …

Structure and inhibition of the drug-resistant S31N mutant of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus

J Wang, Y Wu, C Ma, G Fiorin, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The influenza A virus M2 proton channel (A/M2) is the target of the antiviral drugs
amantadine and rimantadine, whose use has been discontinued due to widespread drug …

Water in protein hydration and ligand recognition

M Maurer, C Oostenbrink - Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes selected basics of water in biomolecular recognition. We focus on a
qualitative understanding of the most important physical aspects, how these change in …

Inhibitors of the M2 proton channel engage and disrupt transmembrane networks of hydrogen-bonded waters

JL Thomaston, NF Polizzi, A Konstantinidi… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water-mediated interactions play key roles in drug binding. In protein sites with sparse polar
functionality, a small-molecule approach is often viewed as insufficient to achieve high …

Antiviral strategies against influenza virus: towards new therapeutic approaches

A Loregian, B Mercorelli, G Nannetti… - Cellular and molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Influenza viruses are major human pathogens responsible for respiratory diseases affecting
millions of people worldwide and characterized by high morbidity and significant mortality …

Viroporins: structure, function and potential as antiviral targets

C Scott, S Griffin - Journal of General Virology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
The channel-forming activity of a family of small, hydrophobic integral membrane proteins
termed 'viroporins' is essential to the life cycles of an increasingly diverse range of RNA and …