supported by the Key project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-SW-L11 to Z.-L.S.);the Guangzhou Laboratory(SRPG22-001 to Z.-L.S.);the Advanced Customer Cultivation Project of Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2021ACCP-MS02);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB0490000 to X.-L.Y.);the Young Topnotch Talent Cultivation Program of Hubei Province(X.-L.Y.);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Science(X.-L.Y.).
Ebola virus(EBOV)and Marburg virus(MARV),members of the Filoviridae family,are highly pathogenic and can cause hemorrhagic fevers,significantly impacting human society.Bats are considered reservoirs of these viruses b...
The development of monoclonal antibodies to treat disease caused by filoviruses,particularly Ebola virus,has risen steeply in recent years thanks to several key studies demonstrating their remarkable therapeutic poten...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81673307 and 81321004);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016–I2M–3–009)
Twenty-six novel tricyclic sophoridinic and matrinic derivatives containing a common chlorinated benzene fragment were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their anti-ebolavirus(EBOV)activities. Structure–activity...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China International Cooperation and Exchange Program(8161101193);the National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX10004222)to G.Wong
Due to their inability to generate a complete immune response, mice knockout for type I interferon (IFN) receptors (Ifnar-/-) are more susceptible to viral infections, and are thus commonly used for pathogenesis s...
supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada(PHAC);partially supported by the NIH and CIHR grants to X.G.Qiu(U19 AI109762-1 and CIHR-IER-143487,respectively);the National Natural Science Foundation of China International Cooperation and Exchange Program(8161101193);National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX10004222)to G.Wong
The family Filoviridae, which includes the genera Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus, contains some of the most pathogenic viruses in humans and non-human primates (NHPs), causing severe hemorrhagic fevers with high fatali...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81202568, 81473256, and 81273561);the National Science and Technology Major Project (2015ZX09102-023-004);the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016-I2M-1–014);the Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study (BZ0150)
Filoviruses cause severe and fatal viral hemorrhagic fever in humans. Filovirus research has been extensive since the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Due to their high pathogenicity and mortality, live filoviruses require Biosaf...
In a recent study published in Na ture, Warren et al describe the gen eration of a novel synthetic adenosine analogue, BCX4430, a synthetic drug like small molecule that provides protection from Ebola and Marburg viru...
funded by the Chemical-Biological Medical System-Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (CBMS-JVAP) as well as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (CBM.VAXV.03.11.RD.009 and A151 A.41)
Filoviruses are hemorrhagic fever viruses endemic to parts of Africa and the Philippines. Infection carries with it a mortality rate of up to 90% and currently there are no effective vaccines or therapeutics available...
Ebola virus(EBOV) and Marburg virus(MARV),belonging to the Filoviridae family,emerged four decades ago and caused severe viral hemorrhagic fever in human and other primates.As high as 50-90% mortality,filoviruses can ...