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ReviewBioscience reports2021

Knowing and combating the enemy: a brief review on SARS-CoV-2 and computational approaches applied to the discovery of drug candidates.

Mateus S M Serafim, Jadson C Gertrudes, Débora M A Costa, Patricia R Oliveira, Vinicius G Maltarollo, Kathia M Honorio

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Review in Bioscience reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mateus S M SerafimDepartment of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Jadson C GertrudesDepartment of Computer Science, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
Débora M A CostaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Patricia R OliveiraSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo (USP), 03828-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Vinicius G MaltarolloDepartment of Pharmaceutical Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Kathia M HonorioSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo (USP), 03828-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the emergence of the new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at the end of December 2019 in China, and with the urge of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been huge efforts of many research teams and governmental institutions worldwide to mitigate the current scenario. Reaching more than 1,377,000 deaths in the world and still with a growing number of infections, SARS-CoV-2 remains a critical issue for global health and economic systems, with an urgency for available therapeutic options. In this scenario, as drug repurposing and discovery remains a challenge, computer-aided drug design (CADD) approaches, including machine learning (ML) techniques, can be useful tools to the design and discovery of novel potential antiviral inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2. In this work, we describe and review the current knowledge on this virus and the pandemic, the latest strategies and computational approaches applied to search for treatment options, as well as the challenges to overcome COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug DesignAntiviral AgentsArtificial IntelligenceCOVID-19Drug DiscoveryDrug RepositioningHumansMolecular Docking SimulationSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsArtificial intelligenceCOVID-19Drug discovery and designMachine LearningSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33624754
PMCPMC7982772

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