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Broad-spectrum mono- and combinational drug therapies for global viral pandemic preparedness

Ianevski, A.; Yao, R.; Simonsen, R. M.; Myhre, V.; Ravlo, E.; Kaynova, G. D.; Zusinaite, E.; White, J. M.; Pan, Q.; Polyak, S. J.; Oksenych, V.; Windisch, M. P.; Lastauskiene, E.; Vitkauskiene, A.; Matukevicius, A.; Tenson, T.; Bjoras, M.; Kainov, D. E.

2022-01-18 microbiology
10.1101/2022.01.15.476444 bioRxiv
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Broadly effective antiviral therapies must be developed to be ready for clinical trials, which should begin soon after the emergence of new life-threatening viruses. Here, we pave the way towards this goal by analyzing conserved druggable virus-host interactions, mechanisms of action and immunomodulatory properties of broad-spectrum antivirals (BSAs), routes of BSA delivery, and BSA interactions with other antivirals. Based on the analysis we developed scoring systems, which allowed us to predict novel BSAs and BSA-containing drug combinations (BCCs). Thus, we have developed a new strategy to broaden the spectrum of BSA indications and predict novel mono-and combinational therapies that can help better prepare for imminent future viral outbreaks. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=141 SRC="FIGDIR/small/476444v2_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (47K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@7fee8dorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1069131org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@2632bforg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1cdcbf0_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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