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ArticleGene2021

Recognition of plausible therapeutic agents to combat COVID-19: An omics data based combined approach.

Mohammad Uzzal Hossain, Arittra Bhattacharjee, Md Tabassum Hossain Emon, Zeshan Mahmud Chowdhury, Md Golam Mosaib, Muntahi Mourin, Keshob Chandra Das, Chaman Ara Keya, Md Salimullah

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Article in Gene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mohammad Uzzal HossainBioinformatics Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh.
Arittra BhattacharjeeBioinformatics Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Md Tabassum Hossain EmonDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Life Science Faculty, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh.
Zeshan Mahmud ChowdhuryDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Md Golam MosaibDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Gono Bishwabidyaloy, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka 1344, Bangladesh.
Muntahi MourinDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh; Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, 66 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
Keshob Chandra DasMolecular Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh.
Chaman Ara KeyaDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Md SalimullahMolecular Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh. Electronic address: salim2969@nib.gov.bd.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become an immense threat to global public health. In this study, we performed complete genome sequencing of a SARS-CoV-2 isolate. More than 67,000 genome sequences were further inspected from Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID). Using several in silico techniques, we proposed prospective therapeutics against this virus. Through meticulous analysis, several conserved and therapeutically suitable regions of SARS-CoV-2 such as RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), Spike (S) and Membrane glycoprotein (M) coding genes were selected. Both S and M were chosen for the development of a chimeric vaccine that can generate memory B and T cells. siRNAs were also designed for S and M gene silencing. Moreover, six new drug candidates were suggested that might inhibit the activity of RdRp. Since SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-1 have 82.30% sequence identity, a Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) patients were analyzed. In this analysis, 13 immunoregulatory genes were found that can be used to develop type 1 interferon (IFN) based therapy. The proposed vaccine, siRNAs, drugs and IFN based analysis of this study will accelerate the development of new treatments.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAntiviral AgentsComputational BiologyComputer SimulationConserved SequenceCoronavirus M ProteinsCOVID-19Drug DesignFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, ViralHumansInterferonsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus M ProteinsInterferonsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike glycoprotein, SARS-CoVChimeric vaccineCOVID-19Genome sequencingInterferonsSARS-CoV-2siRNAsSmall molecule drugs

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PMID33346100
PMCPMC7833977

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