Coronavirus Proteins as Ion Channels: Current and Potential Research.
Front Immunol
; 11: 573339, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-902400
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus (CoV) outbreaks have recently emerged as a global public health threat due to their exceptional zoonotic potential - a feature arising from their ability to infect a diverse range of potential hosts combined with their high capacity for mutation and recombination. After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) CoV-1 in 2003 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) CoV in 2012, with the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic we are now in the midst of the third deadly international CoV outbreak in less than 20 years. Coronavirus outbreaks present a critical threat to global public health and an urgent necessity for therapeutic options. Here, we critically examine the current evidence for ion channel activity in CoV proteins and the potential for modulation as a therapeutic approach.
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Main subject:
Viral Proteins
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
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Viroporin Proteins
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Ion Channels
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Immunol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fimmu.2020.573339
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