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 …

NS2B‐NS3 protease inhibitors as promising compounds in the development of antivirals against Zika virus: A systematic review

DAF Nunes, FRS Santos… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zika virus (ZIKV) infections are associated with severe neurological complications and are a
global public health concern. There are no approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to inhibit …

Dengue virus NS2 and NS4: Minor proteins, mammoth roles

SBG Reddy, WX Chin, NS Shivananju - Biochemical pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the ever-increasing global incidence of dengue fever, there are no specific
chemotherapy regimens for its treatment. Structural studies on dengue virus (DENV) …

Hit-to-lead optimization of 2-aminoquinazolines as anti-microbial agents against Leishmania donovani

N Das, J Roy, B Patra, E Saunders, D Sarkar… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially fatal disease caused by infection by the intracellular
protist pathogens Leishmania donovani or Leishmania infantum. Present therapies are …

Fragment Merging, Growing, and Linking Identify New Trypanothione Reductase Inhibitors for Leishmaniasis

C Exertier, A Salerno, L Antonelli… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Trypanothione reductase (TR) is a suitable target for drug discovery approaches against
leishmaniasis, although the identification of potent inhibitors is still challenging. Herein, we …

Aminopyrimidine derivatives as multiflavivirus antiviral compounds identified from a consensus virtual screening approach

MSM Serafim, T Kronenberger… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Around three billion people are at risk of infection by the dengue virus (DENV) and
potentially other flaviviruses. Worldwide outbreaks of DENV, Zika virus (ZIKV), and yellow …

Immunoinformatics and molecular docking studies reveal potential epitope-based peptide vaccine against DENV-NS3 protein

RA Tahir, H Wu, MA Rizwan, TH Jafar, S Saleem… - Journal of theoretical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Dengue, still a “Neglected Tropical Disease” is somehow injustice and remains
uncontrolled globally. World Health Organization (2012–2020) reported that the world's half …

Repurposing of approved drug molecules for viral infectious diseases: a molecular modelling approach

N Kumar, H Sarma, GN Sastry - Journal of Biomolecular Structure …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The identification of new viral drugs has become a task of paramount significance due to the
frequent occurrence of viral infections and especially during the current pandemic. Despite …

Synthesis and evaluation of novel S-benzyl-and S-alkylphthalimide-oxadiazole-benzenesulfonamide hybrids as inhibitors of dengue virus protease

SS Hamdani, BA Khan, S Hameed, F Batool… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Direct acting antiviral drugs (DAADs) are becoming therapeutics of choice for the treatment
of viral infections. Successful development of anti HIV and HCV drugs by targeting the viral …

Ligand accessibility insights to the dengue virus NS3‐NS2B protease assessed by long‐timescale molecular dynamics simulations

T Kronenberger, M Sa Magalhaes Serafim… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dengue is a tropical disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV), with an estimate of 300
million new cases every year. Due to the limited vaccine efficiency and absence of effective …