Anti-flavivirus Properties of Lipid-Lowering Drugs
| Autor: | Selvin Noé Palacios-Rápalo, Carlos Daniel Cordero-Rivera, Arely M González-González, José Manuel Reyes-Ruiz, Juan Fidel Osuna-Ramos, Rosa M. del Angel, Luis Adrián De Jesús-González, Carlos Noe Farfan-Morales, Arianna Mahely Hurtado-Monzón |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Physiology
viruses Human pathogen Review fatty acids Virus Dengue fever statins lipids Flaviviridae antivirals flavivirus Physiology (medical) medicine QP1-981 Flavivirus Infections biology virus diseases cholesterol Lipid metabolism biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Flavivirus Signal transduction metformin |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 12 (2021) Frontiers in Physiology |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphys.2021.749770/full |
| Popis: | Although Flaviviruses such as dengue (DENV) and zika (ZIKV) virus are important human pathogens, an effective vaccine or antiviral treatment against them is not available. Hence, the search for new strategies to control flavivirus infections is essential. Several studies have shown that the host lipid metabolism could be an antiviral target because cholesterol and other lipids are required during the replicative cycle of different Flaviviridae family members. FDA-approved drugs with hypolipidemic effects could be an alternative for treating flavivirus infections. However, a better understanding of the regulation between host lipid metabolism and signaling pathways triggered during these infections is required. The metabolic pathways related to lipid metabolism modified during DENV and ZIKV infection are analyzed in this review. Additionally, the role of lipid-lowering drugs as safe host-targeted antivirals is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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