Publication Date:
2003-02-08
Description:
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver disease. Only interferon-alpha and the nucleosidic inhibitors of the viral polymerase, 3TC and adefovir, are approved for therapy. However, these therapies are limited by the side effects of interferon and the substantial resistance of the virus to nucleosidic inhibitors. Potent new antiviral compounds suitable for monotherapy or combination therapy are highly desired. We describe non-nucleosidic inhibitors of HBV nucleocapsid maturation that possess in vitro and in vivo antiviral activity. These inhibitors have potential for future therapeutic regimens to combat chronic HBV infection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Deres, Karl -- Schroder, Claus H -- Paessens, Arnold -- Goldmann, Siegfried -- Hacker, Hans Jorg -- Weber, Olaf -- Kramer, Thomas -- Niewohner, Ulrich -- Pleiss, Ulrich -- Stoltefuss, Jurgen -- Graef, Erwin -- Koletzki, Diana -- Masantschek, Ralf N A -- Reimann, Anja -- Jaeger, Rainer -- Gross, Rainer -- Beckermann, Bernhard -- Schlemmer, Karl-Heinz -- Haebich, Dieter -- Rubsamen-Waigmann, Helga -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Feb 7;299(5608):893-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Virology, Chemistry, Isotope Chemistry, Preclinical Pharmakokinetics, Toxicology, Safety Pharmacology, Bayer Research Center, Wuppertal, Germany. karl.deres.kd1@bayer-ag.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12574631" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetylcysteine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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Amino Acid Substitution
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Antiviral Agents/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Binding Sites
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Capsid/metabolism
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DNA Replication/drug effects
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DNA, Viral/biosynthesis
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Half-Life
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Hepatitis B Virus, Duck/drug effects/metabolism
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Hepatitis B virus/*drug effects/physiology
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Humans
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Mutation
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Nucleocapsid/*metabolism
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Pyridines/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Pyrimidines/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Stereoisomerism
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Triazoles/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Viral Core Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Virus Assembly/drug effects
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Virus Replication/drug effects
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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