Drug repurposing screens identify chemical entities for the development of COVID-19 interventions

Drug repurposing screens identify chemical entities for the development of COVID-19 interventions

Here, the authors perform repurposing screens of the ReFRAME drug library in two cell lines and identify inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antiviral activity of prodrug MK-4482 is confirmed in hamsters.

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Main Authors:	Malina A. Bakowski, Nathan Beutler, Karen C. Wolff, Melanie G. Kirkpatrick, Emily Chen, Tu-Trinh H. Nguyen, Laura Riva, Namir Shaabani, Mara Parren, James Ricketts, Anil K. Gupta, Kastin Pan, Peiting Kuo, MacKenzie Fuller, Elijah Garcia, John R. Teijaro, Linlin Yang, Debashis Sahoo, Victor Chi, Edward Huang, Natalia Vargas, Amanda J. Roberts, Soumita Das, Pradipta Ghosh, Ashley K. Woods, Sean B. Joseph, Mitchell V. Hull, Peter G. Schultz, Dennis R. Burton, Arnab K. Chatterjee, Case W. McNamara, Thomas F. Rogers
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23328-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23328-0