Potential use of noncoding RNAs and innovative therapeutic strategies to target the 5'UTR of SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT: After the increasing number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections all over the world, researchers and clinicians are struggling to find a vaccine or innovative therapeutic strategies to treat this viral infection. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection that occurred in 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and other more common infectious diseases such as hepatitis C virus, led to the discovery of many RNA-based drugs. Among them, siRNAs and antisense locked nucleic acids have been demonstrated to have effective antiviral effects both in animal models and humans. Owing to the high genomic homology of SARS-CoV-2 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (80-82%) the use of these molecules could be employed successfull

SUBMITTER: Baldassarre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7466951 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature