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Direct-acting antivirals and host-targeting strategies to combat enterovirus infections.


ABSTRACT: Enteroviruses (e.g., poliovirus, enterovirus-A71, coxsackievirus, enterovirus-D68, rhinovirus) include many human pathogens causative of various mild and more severe diseases, especially in young children. Unfortunately, antiviral drugs to treat enterovirus infections have not been approved yet. Over the past decades, several direct-acting inhibitors have been developed, including capsid binders, which block virus entry, and inhibitors of viral enzymes required for genome replication. Capsid binders and protease inhibitors have been clinically evaluated, but failed due to limited efficacy or toxicity issues. As an alternative approach, host-targeting inhibitors with potential broad-spectrum activity have been identified. Furthermore, drug repurposing screens have recently uncovered promising new inhibitors with disparate viral and host targets. Together, these findings raise hope for the development of (broad-range) anti-enteroviral drugs.

SUBMITTER: Bauer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7172203 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Direct-acting antivirals and host-targeting strategies to combat enterovirus infections.

Bauer Lisa L   Lyoo Heyrhyoung H   van der Schaar Hilde M HM   Strating Jeroen Rpm JR   van Kuppeveld Frank Jm FJ  

Current opinion in virology 20170412


Enteroviruses (e.g., poliovirus, enterovirus-A71, coxsackievirus, enterovirus-D68, rhinovirus) include many human pathogens causative of various mild and more severe diseases, especially in young children. Unfortunately, antiviral drugs to treat enterovirus infections have not been approved yet. Over the past decades, several direct-acting inhibitors have been developed, including capsid binders, which block virus entry, and inhibitors of viral enzymes required for genome replication. Capsid bin  ...[more]

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