Watashi Koichi
Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan; Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, 278-8510, Japan; Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan; MIRAI, JST, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Jan 29;538:137-144. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.10.094. Epub 2020 Nov 20.
Coronavirus infectious diseases 2019 (COVID-19), a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been a serious public health threat worldwide. So far, there are no drugs and vaccines whose efficacy has been well-proven. After the outbreak, there has been a massive search for anti-SARS-CoV-2 medications, focusing on approved drugs because repurposing approved drugs will take less time to reach clinical usage than new drugs. This article summarizes the studies using in silico and in vitro approaches to identify therapeutic candidates among approved drugs that target the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle.
2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)引起的全球大流行疾病,已成为全球严重的公共卫生威胁。到目前为止,尚无疗效得到充分证实的药物和疫苗。疫情爆发后,人们对抗SARS-CoV-2药物进行了大规模搜索,重点是已获批药物,因为将已获批药物重新用于治疗所需的时间比新药更短,能更快进入临床应用。本文总结了利用计算机模拟和体外方法在已获批药物中寻找针对SARS-CoV-2生命周期的治疗候选药物的研究。