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Nucleoside analogues for the treatment of coronavirus infections.

ABSTRACT: Recent outbreaks of SARS-Coronavirus and MERS-Coronavirus (CoV) have heightened awareness about the lack of vaccines or antiviral compounds approved for prevention or treatment of human or potential zoonotic CoVs. Anti-CoV drug development has long been challenged by the activity of a 3' to 5' proofreading exoribonuclease unique to CoVs. Recently, a promising nucleoside analogue with broad-spectrum activity against CoVs has been identified. This review will discuss progress made in the development of antiviral nucleoside and nucleotide analogues targeting viral RNA synthesis as effective therapeutics against CoV infections and propose promising strategies for combination therapy.

SUBMITTER: Pruijssers AJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7102703 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nucleoside analogues for the treatment of coronavirus infections.

Pruijssers Andrea J AJ Denison Mark R MR

Current opinion in virology 20190401

Recent outbreaks of SARS-Coronavirus and MERS-Coronavirus (CoV) have heightened awareness about the lack of vaccines or antiviral compounds approved for prevention or treatment of human or potential zoonotic CoVs. Anti-CoV drug development has long been challenged by the activity of a 3' to 5' proofreading exoribonuclease unique to CoVs. Recently, a promising nucleoside analogue with broad-spectrum activity against CoVs has been identified. This review will discuss progress made in the developme ...[more]

PMID: 31125806

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