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ArticleCell research2020

Boceprevir, GC-376, and calpain inhibitors II, XII inhibit SARS-CoV-2 viral replication by targeting the viral main protease.

Chunlong Ma, Michael Dominic Sacco, Brett Hurst, Julia Alma Townsend, Yanmei Hu, Tommy Szeto, Xiujun Zhang, Bart Tarbet, Michael Thomas Marty, Yu Chen and 1 more

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Article in Cell research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 510 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

510 citing papers in PubMed, 877 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chunlong MaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-8189
Michael Dominic SaccoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Brett HurstInstitute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
Julia Alma TownsendDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Yanmei HuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Tommy SzetoDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Xiujun ZhangDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Bart TarbetInstitute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
Michael Thomas MartyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Yu ChenDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. ychen1@usf.edu.
Jun WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA. junwang@pharmacy.arizona.edu.
University of Arizona · USUniversity of South Florida · USUtah State University · US

Funding

T CELL MEMORY TO VIRUSESR01AI030048 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI AHMED, RAFI · 1990 to 2022
$5.2M
CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008804 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI MONTFORT, WILLIAM R. · 2003 to 2023
$3.9M
T CELL MEMORY TO VIRUSESR37AI030048 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI AHMED, RAFI · 2001 to 2010
$3.9M
Unravelling Membrane Protein-Lipid Interactions using Nanodiscs and Mass SpectrometryR35GM128624 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Michael T Marty · 2018 to 2026
$3.6M
Drug target validation of the enterovirus D68 2A proteaseR01AI157046 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WANG, JUN · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
High Throughput Screening of Inhibitors Targeting the Enterovirus A71 and D68 2A ProteasesR01AI147325 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WANG, JUN · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI030048NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147325NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157046NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128624NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, also called novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), started to circulate among humans around December 2019, and it is now widespread as a global pandemic. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus is called COVID-19, which is highly contagious and has an overall mortality rate of 6.35% as of May 26, 2020. There is no vaccine or antiviral available for SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we report our discovery of inhibitors targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M

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A549 CellsAnimalsAntiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusCaco-2 CellsChlorocebus aethiopsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cysteine EndopeptidasesDrug DiscoveryGlycoproteinsHumansInhibitory Concentration 50KineticsLactamsAntiviral Agentscalpain inhibitorsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteine EndopeptidasesGC376GlycoproteinsLactamsLeucineN-(3-amino-1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-2,3-dioxopropyl)-3-(2-((((1,1-dimethylethyl)amino)carbonyl)amino)-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo(3.1.0)hexan-2-carboxamideProlinePyrrolidinesSulfonic AcidsViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID32541865
PMCPMC7294525
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