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NS5A inhibitors: a new breakthrough for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.

Tarik Asselah
- 01 May 2011 - 
- Vol. 54, Iss: 5, pp 1069-1072
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These results provide the first clinical validation of an inhibitor of HCV NS5A, a protein with no known enzymatic function, as an approach to the suppression of virus replication that offers potential as part of a therapeutic regimen based on combinations ofHCV inhibitors.
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This article is published in Journal of Hepatology.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Boceprevir & NS5B.

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HCV direct‐acting antiviral agents: the best interferon‐free combinations

TL;DR: The aim of this review was to summarize the results obtained from recent DAA combination studies without IFN, making HCV, the first chronic viral infection to be eradicated worldwide with a finite duration of combination DAA therapy withoutIFN or ribavirin.
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Discovery and Development of Simeprevir (TMC435), a HCV NS3/4A Protease Inhibitor

TL;DR: The extensive medicinal chemistry effort to develop novel P2 cyclopentane macrocyclic inhibitors guided by HCV NS3 protease assays, the cellular replicon system, structure-based design, and a panel of DMPK assays are summarized.
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Direct acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: one pill a day for tomorrow.

TL;DR: Combinations of antivirals with additive potency that lack cross resistance and with a good safety profile may provide new regimens in the future to make HCV the first chronic viral infection eradicated worldwide with a finite duration of combination DAA therapy without IFN.
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Interferon free therapy with direct acting antivirals for HCV.

TL;DR: Combinations of antivirals with additive potency that lack cross‐resistance and with a good safety profile may provide new regimens in the future to make HCV the first chronic viral infection to be eradicated worldwide with a finite duration of combination DAA therapy without IFN.
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Thiazolides as novel antiviral agents. 1. Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication

TL;DR: The syntheses and activities of a wide range of thiazolides against hepatitis B virus replication are reported, with QSAR analysis of results showing a good correlation of observed EC(90) for intracellular virions withThiazolide structural parameters.
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Chemical genetics strategy identifies an HCV NS5A inhibitor with a potent clinical effect

TL;DR: These results provide the first clinical validation of an inhibitor of HCV NS5A, a protein with no known enzymatic function, as an approach to the suppression of virus replication that offers potential as part of a therapeutic regimen based on combinations ofHCV inhibitors.
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