Article
An M2-V27A channel blocker demonstrates potent in vitro and in vivo antiviral activities against amantadine-sensitive and -resistant influenza A viruses.
Antiviral research - 1 Apr 2017
Hu Yanmei, Musharrafieh Rami, Ma Chunlong, Zhang Jiantao, Smee Donald F, DeGrado William F, Wang Jun
Abstract excerpt
Adamantanes such as amantadine (1) and rimantadine (2) are FDA-approved anti-influenza drugs that act by inhibiting the wild-type M2 proton channel from influenza A viruses, thereby inhibiting the uncoating of the virus. Although adamantanes have been successfully used for more than four decades, their efficacy was curtailed by emerging drug resistance. Among the limited number of M2 mutants that confer...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
