Perspectives for repurposing drugs for the coronavirus disease 2019.
Indian J Med Res
; 151(2 & 3): 160-171, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-113840
ABSTRACT
The newly emerged 2019 novel coronavirus (CoV), named as severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2), like SARS-CoV (now, SARS-CoV-1) and Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV), has been associated with high infection rates with over 36,405 deaths. In the absence of approved marketed drugs against coronaviruses, the treatment and management of this novel CoV disease (COVID-19) worldwide is a challenge. Drug repurposing that has emerged as an effective drug discovery approach from earlier approved drugs could reduce the time and cost compared to de novo drug discovery. Direct virus-targeted antiviral agents target specific nucleic acid or proteins of the virus while host-based antivirals target either the host innate immune responses or the cellular machineries that are crucial for viral infection. Both the approaches necessarily interfere with viral pathogenesis. Here we summarize the present status of both virus-based and host-based drug repurposing perspectives for coronaviruses in general and the SARS-CoV-2 in particular.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Drug Repositioning
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Res
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijmr.IJMR_585_20
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