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Advances in research on 3C-like protease (3CL pro ) inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 since 2020
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Pathogenic human coronavirus infections: causes and consequences of cytokine storm and immunopathology
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Covalent Versus Non-covalent Enzyme Inhibition: Which Route Should We Take? A Justification of the Good and Bad from Molecular Modelling Perspective
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Nirmatrelvir Plus Ritonavir: First Approval
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Protease targeted COVID-19 drug discovery and its challenges: Insight into viral main protease (Mpro) and papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitors
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A generally applicable method for assessing the electrophilicity and reactivity of diverse nitrile-containing compounds
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.11.026openalex-snapshot
Inhibition of norovirus 3CL protease by bisulfite adducts of transition state inhibitors
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SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.035openalex-snapshot
A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.040openalex-snapshot
Clinical characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with mild COVID-19
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112702openalex-snapshot
Potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease derived from N-substituted isatin compounds
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112711openalex-snapshot
The development of Coronavirus 3C-Like protease (3CLpro) inhibitors from 2010 to 2020
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Structure-based drug design of an inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) main protease using free software: A tutorial for students and scientists
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Improved SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors based on feline antiviral drug GC376: Structural enhancements, increased solubility, and micellar studies
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113789openalex-snapshot
Discovery of juglone and its derivatives as potent SARS-CoV-2 main proteinase inhibitors
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106055openalex-snapshot
Potential of coronavirus 3C-like protease inhibitors for the development of new anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs: Insights from structures of protease and inhibitors
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.001openalex-snapshot
A Mechanistic View of Enzyme Inhibition and Peptide Hydrolysis in the Active Site of the SARS-CoV 3C-like Peptidase
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.11.024openalex-snapshot
Structural insights into SARS-CoV-2 proteins
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The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on individuals with gastrointestinal disorders: A protocol of an international collaborative study
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On the size of the active site in proteases. I. Papain
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High-Throughput Virtual Screening and Validation of a SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Noncovalent Inhibitor
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Discovery of Ketone-Based Covalent Inhibitors of Coronavirus 3CL Proteases for the Potential Therapeutic Treatment of COVID-19
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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Peptidomimetic Aldehydes as Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors against Enterovirus and SARS-CoV-2
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Structure-Guided Design of Conformationally Constrained Cyclohexane Inhibitors of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 3CL Protease
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Expedited Approach toward the Rational Design of Noncovalent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors
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Structure-Based Optimization of ML300-Derived, Noncovalent Inhibitors Targeting the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 3CL Protease (SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro )
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Peptidomimetic α-Acyloxymethylketone Warheads with Six-Membered Lactam P1 Glutamine Mimic: SARS-CoV-2 3CL Protease Inhibition, Coronavirus Antiviral Activity, and in Vitro Biological Stability
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Self-Masked Aldehyde Inhibitors: A Novel Strategy for Inhibiting Cysteine Proteases
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3CL Protease Inhibitors with an Electrophilic Arylketone Moiety as Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Agents
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Structure-Guided Design of Potent Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Protease: Structural, Biochemical, and Cell-Based Studies
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Indole Chloropyridinyl Ester-Derived SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Inhibitors: Enzyme Inhibition, Antiviral Efficacy, Structure–Activity Relationship, and X-ray Structural Studies
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Structural, Electronic, and Electrostatic Determinants for Inhibitor Binding to Subsites S1 and S2 in SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease
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Penicillin Derivatives Inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease by Reaction with Its Nucleophilic Cysteine
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Discovery of S-217622, a Noncovalent Oral SARS-CoV-2 3CL Protease Inhibitor Clinical Candidate for Treating COVID-19
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01461openalex-snapshot
An Overview of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) 3CL Protease Inhibitors: Peptidomimetics and Small Molecule Chemotherapy
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α‑Ketoamides as Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors of Coronavirus and Enterovirus Replication: Structure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Activity Assessment
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1021/acscombsci.0c00058openalex-snapshot
Targeting the Dimerization of the Main Protease of Coronaviruses: A Potential Broad-Spectrum Therapeutic Strategy
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1021/bi400604topenalex-snapshot
Evidence for Substrate Binding-Induced Zwitterion Formation in the Catalytic Cys-His Dyad of the SARS-CoV Main Protease
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08060openalex-snapshot
Discovery of Di- and Trihaloacetamides as Covalent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors with High Target Specificity
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2016.81openalex-snapshot
SARS and MERS: recent insights into emerging coronaviruses
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro775openalex-snapshot
SARS — beginning to understand a new virus
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Structural plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro active site cavity revealed by room temperature X-ray crystallography
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Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication
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Crystallographic structure of wild-type SARS-CoV-2 main protease acyl-enzyme intermediate with physiological C-terminal autoprocessing site
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20900-6openalex-snapshot
A small molecule compound with an indole moiety inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21060-3openalex-snapshot
Structure of papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2 and its complexes with non-covalent inhibitors
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26239-2openalex-snapshot
Preclinical characterization of an intravenous coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitor for the potential treatment of COVID19
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01119-7openalex-snapshot
An orally available Mpro inhibitor is effective against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 and variants including Omicron
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-018-0118-9openalex-snapshot
Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-021-00418-xopenalex-snapshot
Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2223-yopenalex-snapshot
Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2665-2openalex-snapshot
Structures and distributions of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins on intact virions
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01283-zopenalex-snapshot
Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79357-0openalex-snapshot
Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the main protease, 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro) from the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV 2
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01577-xopenalex-snapshot
Identification of 3-chymotrypsin like protease (3CLPro) inhibitors as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1719902openalex-snapshot
Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa081openalex-snapshot
Recent Smell Loss Is the Best Predictor of COVID-19 Among Individuals With Recent Respiratory Symptoms
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa330openalex-snapshot
Self-reported Olfactory and Taste Disorders in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 Infection: A Cross-sectional Study
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.10.503531openalex-snapshot
Development of highly potent non-covalent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4596openalex-snapshot
Activity profiling and crystal structures of inhibitor-bound SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease: A framework for anti–COVID-19 drug design
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1085658openalex-snapshot
Coronavirus Main Proteinase (3CL pro ) Structure: Basis for Design of Anti-SARS Drugs
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1085952openalex-snapshot
Characterization of a Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1085953openalex-snapshot
The Genome Sequence of the SARS-Associated Coronavirus
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Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease provides a basis for design of improved α-ketoamide inhibitors
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Structure-based design of antiviral drug candidates targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1611openalex-snapshot
SARS-CoV-2 M pro inhibitors with antiviral activity in a transgenic mouse model
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg5827openalex-snapshot
Masitinib is a broad coronavirus 3CL inhibitor that blocks replication of SARS-CoV-2
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl4784openalex-snapshot
An oral SARS-CoV-2 M pro inhibitor clinical candidate for the treatment of COVID-19
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00102-14openalex-snapshot
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: Another Zoonotic Betacoronavirus Causing SARS-Like Disease
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-021-00643-zopenalex-snapshot
SARS-CoV-2: from its discovery to genome structure, transcription, and replication
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Coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2: A Brief Overview
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.190697openalex-snapshot
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.622898openalex-snapshot
Structural Basis of Potential Inhibitors Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27082561openalex-snapshot
Covalent Reversible Inhibitors of Cysteine Proteases Containing the Nitrile Warhead: Recent Advancement in the Field of Viral and Parasitic Diseases
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2020-0118openalex-snapshot
Covalent Inhibitors: Back on track?
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.27464openalex-snapshot
Yeast-expressed recombinant protein of the receptor-binding domain in SARS-CoV spike protein with deglycosylated forms as a SARS vaccine candidate
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Application of Nitrile in Drug Design
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Nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid with Ritonavir): A 3‐Chymotrypsin‐like Protease Inhibitor for Treating SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection
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Design, Synthesis, and Structure–Activity Relationship Studies of Novel 3CL pro Inhibitors
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Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of new SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors based on 1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4H-indazol-4-one scaffold
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SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease interaction with host factors – identifying novel drug targets
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Fluorine-a small magic bullet atom in the drug development: perspective to FDA approved and COVID-19 recommended drugs
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Targeting 3CLpro for broad-spectrum antiviral therapy: Structural insights, inhibitor development, and the future of PROTACs
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Synthesis, evaluation, and computational chemistry of novel selenenyl sulfides as 3C protease inhibitors with strong cell-based antiviral activity
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Green and efficient one-pot three-component synthesis of novel drug-like furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as potential active site inhibitors and putative allosteric hotspots modulators of both SARS-CoV-2 MPro and PLPro
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Design, synthesis, and structural characterization of covalent tetrahydroquinoline-based inhibitors of coronavirus 3CLpro
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Indole-based peptidomimetic maleimides as SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor scaffolds compatible with reversible covalent inhibition: Warhead optimization and broad in vitro antiviral activity
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Synthesis, SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition, molecular docking and in silico ADME studies of furanochromene-quinoline hydrazone derivatives
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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of peptidomimetic benzothiazolyl ketones as 3CLpro inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2
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Development of de-novo coronavirus 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro) inhibitors since COVID-19 outbreak: A strategy to tackle challenges of persistent virus infection
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N-acylbenzimidazoles as selective Acylators of the catalytic cystein of the coronavirus 3CL protease
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A new chemotype that opens the S2∗ pocket of the 3CL protease exhibits antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2
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Mechanistic insights into the dual anti-COVID-19 and anti-inflammatory actions of Zhengqi tablets
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N-(Benzofuran-3-ylmethyl)isatin derivatives as potential SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation, kinetic analysis, and molecular modeling insights
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Improved expression and purification of highly-active 3 chymotrypsin-like protease from SARS-CoV-2
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Broad-Spectrum Peptidomimetic Inhibitors of Norovirus and Coronavirus 3C-like Proteases
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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Peptidomimetic Tetrahydropyrrole Spirodihydroindolones as SARS-CoV-2 3CL Protease Inhibitors
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Antiviral Effects of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone through Redox Catalysis To Prevent Coronavirus Infection
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Chromene-Thiazole Derivatives as Potential SARS-CoV-2 M pro Inhibitors: Synthesis and Computational Studies
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A Gaussia luciferase reporter assay for the evaluation of coronavirus Nsp5/3CLpro activity
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Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro by chemically modified tyrosinase from Agaricus bisporus
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Asymmetric imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: design, synthesis and biological evaluation
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Key allosteric and active site residues of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro are promising drug targets
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3-chymotrypsin-like protease in SARS-CoV-2
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TDFFM: Transformer and Deep Forest Fusion Model for Predicting Coronavirus 3C-Like Protease Cleavage Sites
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M pro -targeted anti-SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor-based drugs
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Triazolo pyrimidine derivatives of coumarin and benzocoumarin: green synthesis, biological activity screening study with in silico evaluation
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The Third CACHE Challenge – Finding Ligands Targeting the Macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 Using AI-inspired and Knowledge-Based Approaches.
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Novel receptor, mutation, vaccine, and establishment of coping mode for SARS-CoV-2: current status and future
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In Silico Development of SARS-CoV-2 Non-Covalent Mpro Inhibitors: A Review
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MERS-Mpro Predictor: A Machine Learning-Based Tool for Rapid Screening of Potential MERS-CoV Main Protease Inhibitors
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Lipophilic Substances of the Leaves and Inflorescences of Centaurea scabiosa L.: Their Composition and Activity Against the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2
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Screening-Identified Oxazole-4-Carboxamide KB-2777 Exhibits In Vitro Anti-Coronavirus Activity
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Bicyclic peptide-enhanced covalent inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease
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Discovery of anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents from 38 Chinese patent drugs toward respiratory diseases via docking screening
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