Abstract:The present study focuses on the comparative assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of the antiviral drugs riamilovir and umifenovir in the treatment of patients diagnosed with influenza. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety, as well as the incidence of complications, of the use of antiviral drugs riamilovir and umifenovir and the use of only symptomatic therapy in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of influenza. All patients were hospitalized at the Regional Clinical Hospital … Show more
“…Blocking HIV entry into macrophages by aromatase inhibitors has been recently FDA-approved. Inhibitors of viral proteases mediating lung entry of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza attachment to sialic acid are also new potential targets for drug development (Aspatwar et al 2018 ; Balestra et al 2020 ; Hoogeveen and Boonstra 2020 ; Pasquereau and Herbein 2022 ; Popov et al 2021 ; Shapira 2022 ; Zheng and Abramovitch 2020 ).…”
Background
On the staggering emergence of the Omicron variant, numerous questions arose about the evolution of virulence and transmissibility in microbes.
Main body of the abstract
The trade-off hypothesis has long speculated the exchange of virulence for the sake of superior transmissibility in a wide array of pathogens. While this certainly applies to the case of the Omicron variant, along with influenza virus, various reports have been allocated for an array of pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malaria, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and tuberculosis (TB). The latter abide to another form of trade-off, the invasion–persistence trade-off. In this study, we aim to explore the molecular mechanisms and mutations of different obligate intracellular pathogens that attenuated their more morbid characters, virulence in acute infections and invasion in chronic infections.
Short conclusion
Recognizing the mutations that attenuate the most morbid characters of pathogens such as virulence or persistence can help in tailoring new therapies for such pathogens. Targeting macrophage tropism of HIV by carbohydrate-binding agents, or targeting the TMPRSS2 receptors to prevent pulmonary infiltrates of COVID-19 is an example of how important is to recognize such genetic mechanisms.
“…Blocking HIV entry into macrophages by aromatase inhibitors has been recently FDA-approved. Inhibitors of viral proteases mediating lung entry of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza attachment to sialic acid are also new potential targets for drug development (Aspatwar et al 2018 ; Balestra et al 2020 ; Hoogeveen and Boonstra 2020 ; Pasquereau and Herbein 2022 ; Popov et al 2021 ; Shapira 2022 ; Zheng and Abramovitch 2020 ).…”
Background
On the staggering emergence of the Omicron variant, numerous questions arose about the evolution of virulence and transmissibility in microbes.
Main body of the abstract
The trade-off hypothesis has long speculated the exchange of virulence for the sake of superior transmissibility in a wide array of pathogens. While this certainly applies to the case of the Omicron variant, along with influenza virus, various reports have been allocated for an array of pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malaria, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and tuberculosis (TB). The latter abide to another form of trade-off, the invasion–persistence trade-off. In this study, we aim to explore the molecular mechanisms and mutations of different obligate intracellular pathogens that attenuated their more morbid characters, virulence in acute infections and invasion in chronic infections.
Short conclusion
Recognizing the mutations that attenuate the most morbid characters of pathogens such as virulence or persistence can help in tailoring new therapies for such pathogens. Targeting macrophage tropism of HIV by carbohydrate-binding agents, or targeting the TMPRSS2 receptors to prevent pulmonary infiltrates of COVID-19 is an example of how important is to recognize such genetic mechanisms.
Fragments of 1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazin-7-one are found in many compounds with various types of biological activities, including the antiviral drug Riamilovir (Triazavirin®), which shows an activity against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Therefore, the development...
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