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The Path to Therapeutic Furin Inhibitors: From Yeast Pheromones to SARS-CoV-2
22 Mar 2022
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The spurious acquisition and optimization of a furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is associated with increased viral transmission and disease, and has generated intense interest in the development and application of therapeutic furin inhibitors to thwart the COVID-19 pandemic. This review summarizes the seminal studies that informed current efforts to inhibit furin. These include the convergent...
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