1. Competitive inhibitor of cellular α-glucosidases protects mice from lethal dengue virus infection
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Chang, Jinhong, Schul, Wouter, Yip, Andy, Xu, Xiaodong, Guo, Ju-Tao, and Block, Timothy M.
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GLUCOSIDASES , *DENGUE , *HOST-virus relationships , *DENGUE viruses , *VIREMIA , *ANTIVIRAL agents , *IMINOSUGARS , *LABORATORY mice - Abstract
Abstract: Dengue virus infection causes diseases in people, ranging from the acute febrile illness dengue fever, to life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. We previously reported that a host cellular α-glucosidases I and II inhibitor, imino sugar CM-10–18, potently inhibited dengue virus replication in cultured cells, and significantly reduced viremia in dengue virus infected AG129 mice. In this report we show that CM-10–18 also significantly protects mice from death and/or disease progress in two mouse models of lethal dengue virus infection. Our results thus provide a strong support for the development of CM-10–18 or its derivatives as antiviral agents to treat servere dengue virus infections. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2011
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