Tenofovir for COVID-19

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Tenofovir has been reported as potentially beneficial for treatment of COVID-19. We have not reviewed these studies. See all other treatments.

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Xue et al., Repurposing clinically available drugs and therapies for pathogenic targets to combat SARS‐CoV‐2, MedComm, doi:10.1002/mco2.254

Astasio-Picado et al., Therapeutic Targets in the Virological Mechanism and in the Hyperinflammatory Response of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Applied Sciences, doi:10.3390/app13074471

This work is a bibliographic review. The search for the necessary information was carried out in the months of November 2022 and January 2023. The databases used were as follows: Pubmed, Academic Google, Scielo, Scopus, and Cochrane library. Results: In total, 101 articles were selected after a review of 486 articles from databases and after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The update on the molecular mechanism of human coronavirus (HCoV) infection was reviewed, describing possible therapeutic targets in the viral response phase. There are different strategies to prevent or hinder the introduction of the viral particle, as well as the replicative mechanism ((protease inhibitors and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp)). The second phase of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) involves the activation of hyperinflammatory cascades of the host’s immune system. It is concluded that there are potential therapeutic targets and drugs under study in different proinflammatory pathways such as hydroxychloroquine, JAK inhibitors, interleukin 1 and 6 inhibitors, and interferons.

Bekheit et al., Potential RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors as prospective drug candidates for SARS-CoV-2, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115292

Xu et al., An update on inhibitors targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase for COVID-19 treatment: Promises and challenges, Biochemical Pharmacology, doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115279

Negru et al., Virtual Screening of Substances Used in the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Analysis of Compounds With Known Action on Structurally Similar Proteins From Other Viruses, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113432

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