Identification of a novel drug lead that inhibits HCV infection and cell-to-cell transmission by targeting the HCV E2 glycoprotein.

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infects 200 million individuals worldwide. Although several FDA approved drugs targeting the HCV serine protease and polymerase have shown promising results, there is a need for better drugs that are effective in treating a broader range of HCV genotypes and subtypes without...

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Main Authors: Reem R Al Olaby, Laurence Cocquerel, Adam Zemla, Laure Saas, Jean Dubuisson, Jost Vielmetter, Joseph Marcotrigiano, Abdul Ghafoor Khan, Felipe Vences Catalan, Alexander L Perryman, Joel S Freundlich, Stefano Forli, Shoshana Levy, Rod Balhorn, Hassan M Azzazy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4214736?pdf=render