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2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
S. A. Selkov ◽  
G. N. Vedeneeva ◽  
I. A. Baskakova ◽  
S. R. Baur

HPV 16 and 18 are known to be the main cause of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer. The terms of HPV persistence in the host and, coordinately, the risk of cervical neoplasia development and progression are determined in much extent by virus activity. The purpose of this investigation was the detection of HPV DNA presence in cervical epithelium as well as confirmation of its activity by means of immunocytochemistry and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The level of HPV inf ection by oncogenic and nononcogenic types in 181 women with different cervical pathology was 55,8%. The active stage of HPV infection was confirmed in 27,5% of HPV-inf ected women mainly with low grades of CIN. The proof of reproductive general HPV infection was more informative with RT PCR just as for HPV 16 and 18 immunocytochemistry and RT PCR completed each anothe.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunobu Asawa ◽  
Saki Hatsuzawa ◽  
Atsushi Yoshimori ◽  
Kentaro Yamada ◽  
Akira Katoh ◽  
...  

AbstractA total of 42 trisubstituted carboranes categorised into five scaffolds were systematically designed and synthesized by exploiting the different reactivities of the twelve vertices of o-, m-, and p-carboranes to cover all directions in chemical space. Significant inhibitors of hypoxia inducible factor transcriptional activitay were mainly observed among scaffold V compounds (e.g., Vi–m, and Vo), whereas anti-rabies virus activity was observed among scaffold V (Va–h), scaffold II (IIb–g), and scaffold IV (IVb) compounds. The pharmacophore model predicted from compounds with scaffold V, which exhibited significant anti-rabies virus activity, agreed well with compounds IIb–g with scaffold II and compound IVb with scaffold IV. Normalized principal moment of inertia analysis indicated that carboranes with scaffolds I–V cover all regions in the chemical space. Furthermore, the first compounds shown to stimulate the proliferation of the rabies virus were found among scaffold V carboranes.


ACS Omega ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad K. Parvez ◽  
Sarfaraz Ahmed ◽  
Mohammed S. Al-Dosari ◽  
Mazin A. S. Abdelwahid ◽  
Ahmed H. Arbab ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3481-3486
Author(s):  
Sonja J. Olsen ◽  
Amber K. Winn ◽  
Alicia P. Budd ◽  
Mila M. Prill ◽  
John Steel ◽  
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Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (19) ◽  
pp. 5869
Author(s):  
Willyenne M. Dantas ◽  
Valentina N. M. de Oliveira ◽  
Diogo A. L. Santos ◽  
Gustavo Seabra ◽  
Prem P. Sharma ◽  
...  

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family and is responsible for an exanthematous disease and severe neurological manifestations, such as microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. ZIKV has a single strand positive-sense RNA genome that is translated into structural and non-structural (NS) proteins. Although it has become endemic in most parts of the tropical world, Zika still does not have a specific treatment. Thus, in this work we evaluate the cytotoxicity and antiviral activities of 14 hybrid compounds formed by 1H-1,2,3-triazole, naphthoquinone and phthalimide groups. Most compounds showed low cytotoxicity to epithelial cells, specially the 3b compound. After screening with all compounds, 4b was the most active against ZIKV in the post-infection test, obtaining a 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) of 146.0 µM and SI of 2.3. There were no significant results for the pre-treatment test. According to the molecular docking compound, 4b was suggested with significant binding affinity for the NS5 RdRp protein target, which was further corroborated by molecular dynamic simulation studies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prerna Arora ◽  
Najat Bdeir ◽  
Sabine Gärtner ◽  
Stefanie Reiter ◽  
Lars Pelz ◽  
...  

Defective interfering (DI) RNAs arise during influenza virus replication, can be packaged into particles (DIPs) and suppress spread of wildtype (WT) virus. However, the molecular signatures of DI RNAs and the mechanism underlying antiviral activity are incompletely understood. Here, we show that any central deletion is sufficient to convert a viral RNA into a DI RNA and that antiviral activity of DIPs is inversely correlated with DI RNA length when induction of the interferon (IFN) system is disfavored. When induction of the IFN system was allowed, it was found to be the major contributor to DIP antiviral activity. Finally, while both DIPs and influenza virus triggered expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISG) only virus stimulated robust expression of IFN. These results suggest a key role of innate immune activation in DIP antiviral activity and point towards previously unappreciated differences in DIP- and influenza virus-mediated activation of the effector functions of the IFN system.


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