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ReviewInflammopharmacology2024

Taming the storm: potential anti-inflammatory compounds targeting SARS-CoV-2 MPro.

Débora Bublitz Anton, Jeferson Camargo de Lima, Bruno Rampanelli Dahmer, Ana Micaela Camini, Marcia Inês Goettert, Luis Fernando Saraiva Macedo Timmers

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Review in Inflammopharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors fromFrontiers in chemistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Débora Bublitz AntonBiotechnology Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, CEP 95914-014, Brazil.
Jeferson Camargo de LimaBiotechnology Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, CEP 95914-014, Brazil.
Bruno Rampanelli DahmerBiotechnology Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, CEP 95914-014, Brazil.
Ana Micaela CaminiBiotechnology Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, CEP 95914-014, Brazil.
Marcia Inês GoettertDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Luis Fernando Saraiva Macedo TimmersBiotechnology Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, CEP 95914-014, Brazil. luis.timmers@univates.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0399-5376

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In severe COVID-19 cases, an exacerbated inflammatory response triggers a cytokine storm that can worsen the prognosis. Compounds with both antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities show promise as candidates for COVID-19 therapy, as they potentially act against the SARS-CoV-2 infection regardless of the disease stage. One of the most attractive drug targets among coronaviruses is the main protease (MPro). This enzyme is crucial for cleaving polyproteins into non-structural proteins required for viral replication. The aim of this review was to identify SARS-CoV-2 MPro inhibitors with both antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. The interactions of the compounds within the SARS-CoV-2 MPro binding site were analyzed through molecular docking when data from crystallographic structures were unavailable. 18 compounds were selected and classified into five different superclasses. Five of them exhibit high potency against MPro: GC-376, baicalein, naringenin, heparin, and carmofur, with IC

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2AnimalsCOVID-19Cytokine Release SyndromeHumansMolecular Docking SimulationAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesAnti-inflammatoryAntiviralCOVID-19MProSARS-CoV-2

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