Approved antiviral drugs over the past 50 years

E De Clercq, G Li - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Since the first antiviral drug, idoxuridine, was approved in 1963, 90 antiviral drugs
categorized into 13 functional groups have been formally approved for the treatment of the …

RNA dependent RNA polymerases: insights from structure, function and evolution

S Venkataraman, BVLS Prasad, R Selvarajan - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is one of the most versatile enzymes of RNA
viruses that is indispensable for replicating the genome as well as for carrying out …

Broad-spectrum agents for flaviviral infections: dengue, Zika and beyond

V Boldescu, MAM Behnam, N Vasilakis… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Infections with flaviviruses, such as dengue, West Nile virus and the recently re-emerging
Zika virus, are an increasing and probably lasting global risk. This Review summarizes and …

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 …

Current trends and limitations in dengue antiviral research

JO Obi, H Gutiérrez-Barbosa, JV Chua… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dengue is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease worldwide and affects
approximately 2.5 billion people living in over 100 countries. Increasing geographic …

Indole–a promising pharmacophore in recent antiviral drug discovery

A Dorababu - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The bicyclic molecule indole has been in the limelight because of its numerous
pharmacological potencies. It is used as an excellent scaffold in drug discovery of medicinal …

A comprehensive study to unleash the putative inhibitors of serotype2 of dengue virus: Insights from an in silico structure-based drug discovery

SK Halder, I Ahmad, JF Shathi, MM Mim… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that claims the lives of millions of people around
the world. A number of factors like disease's non-specific symptoms, increased viral …

Potent allosteric dengue virus NS5 polymerase inhibitors: mechanism of action and resistance profiling

SP Lim, CG Noble, CC Seh, TS Soh, A El Sahili… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Flaviviruses comprise major emerging pathogens such as dengue virus (DENV) or Zika
virus (ZIKV). The flavivirus RNA genome is replicated by the RNA-dependent-RNA …

Zika virus methyltransferase: structure and functions for drug design perspectives

B Coutard, K Barral, J Lichiere, B Selisko… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Flavivirus Zika virus (ZIKV) is the causal agent of neurological disorders like
microcephaly in newborns or Guillain-Barre syndrome. Its NS5 protein embeds a …

Dengue drug discovery: Progress, challenges and outlook

SP Lim - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of the only available vaccine (DENGVAXIA) that was marketed in several
countries, but poses higher risks to unexposed individuals, the development of antivirals for …