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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

C-Terminal Analogues of Camostat Retain TMPRSS2 Protease Inhibition: New Synthetic Directions for Antiviral Repurposing of Guanidinium-Based Drugs in Respiratory Infections.

Bill T Ferrara, Elinor P Thompson, Giovanni N Roviello, Thomas F Gale

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 authors.

Bill T FerraraSchool of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2163-4032
Elinor P ThompsonSchool of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6434-9290
Giovanni N RovielloCNR Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, Via Tommaso De Amicis 95, 80145 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6065-2367
Thomas F GaleSchool of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent global coronavirus pandemic highlighted the ever-present threat of respiratory virus outbreaks and the consequent need for ongoing research into antiviral therapy. To this end, structural analogues of the guanidinium-based drug camostat mesylate have been synthesised to probe their potential inhibition of Transmembrane Serine Protease 2 (TMPRSS2), a human protease that is essential for infection by many respiratory viruses, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Our in vitro fluorescence-based protease assays and supporting computational docking studies suggest that C-terminal camostat analogues retain TMPRSS2 inhibition potencies (IC

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Antiviral AgentsDrug RepositioningGuanidineGuanidinesRespiratory Tract InfectionsSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentEstersHumansMolecular Docking SimulationSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentscamostatEstersGuanidineGuanidinesSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTMPRSS2 protein, humanantiviral therapycamostatCOVID-19drug repurposingprotease inhibitorrespiratory virusSARS-CoV-2TMPRSS2

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PMCPMC12295440

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