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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Atazanavir Is a Competitive Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 M

Otávio Augusto Chaves, Carolina Q Sacramento, André C Ferreira, Mayara Mattos, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Jairo R Temerozo, Leonardo Vazquez, Douglas Pereira Pinto, Gabriel P E da Silveira, Laís Bastos da Fonseca and 8 more

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Otávio Augusto ChavesLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6211-7659
Carolina Q SacramentoLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3952-7099
André C FerreiraLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.
Mayara MattosLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.
Natalia Fintelman-RodriguesLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2332-8338
Jairo R TemerozoLaboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8092-2149
Leonardo VazquezLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1306-2644
Douglas Pereira PintoLaboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Vice Presidency of Research, and Innovation in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9278-4890
Gabriel P E da SilveiraLaboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Vice Presidency of Research, and Innovation in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
Laís Bastos da FonsecaLaboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Vice Presidency of Research, and Innovation in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
Heliana Martins PereiraLaboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Vice Presidency of Research, and Innovation in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
Aluana Santana CarlosPreclinical Research Laboratory, Universidade Iguaçu-UNIG, Nova Iguacu 26260-045, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5032-5784
Joana C d'AvilaLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2045-0813
João P B ViolaProgram of Immunology and Tumor Biology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti 37, 5th Floor, Centro, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
Robson Q MonteiroInstitute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5260-2332
Patrícia T BozzaLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8349-9529
Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-NetoLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.
Thiago Moreno L SouzaLaboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2212-3899
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Iguaçu · BRInstituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 001Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 001National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atazanavir (ATV) has already been considered as a potential repurposing drug to 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19); however, there are controversial reports on its mechanism of action and effectiveness as anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Through the pre-clinical chain of experiments: enzymatic, molecular docking, cell-based and in vivo assays, it is demonstrated here that both SARS-CoV-2 B.1 lineage and variant of concern gamma are susceptible to this antiretroviral. Enzymatic assays and molecular docking calculations showed that SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M

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atazanavirCOVID-19molecular dockingpharmacokineticsprotease inhibitorrepurposing drugsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35056078
PMCPMC8777605
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