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. 2020 Jul 30;3(5):813–834. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00074

Table 1. Notable Journal Articles Related to COVID-19 Therapeutics.

title source type of potential therapeutics ref
Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease provides a basis for design of improved α-ketoamide inhibitors Science (April 24, 2020) small molecules (peptidomimetic α-ketoamides) (59)
A human monoclonal antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection Nature Communications (May 4, 2020) antibodies (100)
A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing Nature (April 30, 2020) small molecules with different actions (5)
An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice Science Translational Medicine (April 29, 2020) ribonucleoside analog that is also effective against CoV mutations resistant to remdesivir (91)
Computational design of ACE2-based peptide inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 ACS Nano (April 14, 2020) helical peptides that can be attached to nanoparticles and dendrimers (501)
COVID-19: combining antiviral and anti-inflammatory treatments Lancet Infectious Diseases (February 27, 2020) baricitinib as an inhibitor of NAK family, especially for AAK1 (502)
COVID-19: immunopathology and its implications for therapy Nature Reviews Immunology (April 9, 2020) biologics (503)
Development of CRIPSR as an Antiviral Strategy to Combat SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Cell (April 29, 2020) Cas13d-crRNAs (504)
Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody Nature (May 18, 2020) human anti-SARS-CoV-2 S protein specific monoclonal antibody (102)
Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infections in engineered human tissues using clinical-grade soluble human ACE2 Cell (May 14, 2020) human recombinant soluble ACE2 (96)
Network-based drug repurposing for novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2 Cell Discovery (March 16, 2020) various small molecules (153)
Rapid identification of potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by deep docking of 1.3 billion compounds Molecular Informatics (March 11, 2020) 1000 potential ligands for SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro (505)
Repurposing therapeutics for COVID-19: Supercomputer-based docking to the SARS-CoV-2 viral spike protein and viral spike protein-human ACE2 interface ChemRxiv (February 27, 2020) 48 potential small-molecule hits for S-protein–ACE2 interface and 30 hits for S protein alone (506)
Therapeutic options for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (February 10, 2020) various small molecules and biologics (8)
Potent neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 identified by high-throughput single-cell sequencing of convalescent patients’ B cells Cell (May 13, 2020) neutralizing antibodies (98)