Macrocyclic peptides exhibit antiviral effects against influenza virus HA and prevent pneumonia in animal models

Macrocyclic peptides exhibit antiviral effects against influenza virus HA and prevent pneumonia in animal models

Here, the authors report bi-functional, wide tropic macrocycles that bind the influenza viral envelope protein hemagglutinin and inhibit virus infection by blocking adsorption and fusion and show efficacy in preventing severe pneumonia at later stages of infection in mouse and non-human primate cyno...

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Main Authors: Makoto Saito, Yasushi Itoh, Fumihiko Yasui, Tsubasa Munakata, Daisuke Yamane, Makoto Ozawa, Risa Ito, Takayuki Katoh, Hirohito Ishigaki, Misako Nakayama, Shintaro Shichinohe, Kenzaburo Yamaji, Naoki Yamamoto, Ai Ikejiri, Tomoko Honda, Takahiro Sanada, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Hiroshi Kida, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Kazumasa Ogasawara, Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara, Hiroaki Suga, Michinori Kohara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22964-w
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Summary:Here, the authors report bi-functional, wide tropic macrocycles that bind the influenza viral envelope protein hemagglutinin and inhibit virus infection by blocking adsorption and fusion and show efficacy in preventing severe pneumonia at later stages of infection in mouse and non-human primate cynomolgus macaque models.
ISSN:2041-1723

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