ReviewViruses2024
Host Cell Proteases Involved in Human Respiratory Viral Infections and Their Inhibitors: A Review.
Review in Viruses, 2024. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- The conserved QTQTX motif in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is dispensable for cleavage and lung cell entry of the emerging variant BA.3.2.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Discovery of Highly Selective Noncovalent Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitors Suppressing Both TMPRSS2 Protease Activity and Viral Receptor Function.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
- Gingipain proteases from the bacteriumProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Impact of cellular proteases on the function of antiviral antibodies.Journal of virology · 2026Review
- Furin as target for suppression of mosquito-borne viruses.Virology journal · 2026Article
- A Double-Edged Sword: Extracellular Serine Proteases as Facilitators of Infection and Mediators of Immunity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025Review
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Abstract
Viral tropism is most commonly linked to receptor use, but host cell protease use can be a notable factor in susceptibility to infection. Here we review the use of host cell proteases by human viruses, focusing on those with primarily respiratory tropism, particularly SARS-CoV-2. We first describe the various classes of proteases present in the respiratory tract, as well as elsewhere in the body, and incorporate the targeting of these proteases as therapeutic drugs for use in humans. Host cell proteases are also linked to the systemic spread of viruses and play important roles outside of the respiratory tract; therefore, we address how proteases affect viruses across the spectrum of infections that can occur in humans, intending to understand the extrapulmonary spread of SARS-CoV-2.
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