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Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19
An unprecedented effort to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has characterized the activity of the global scientific community over the last two years. Hundreds of published studies have focused on the comprehension of the immune response to the virus and on the definition of the functional role...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8998646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23073711 |
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author | Esposito, Sabrina D’Abrosca, Gianluca Antolak, Anna Pedone, Paolo Vincenzo Isernia, Carla Malgieri, Gaetano |
author_facet | Esposito, Sabrina D’Abrosca, Gianluca Antolak, Anna Pedone, Paolo Vincenzo Isernia, Carla Malgieri, Gaetano |
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description | An unprecedented effort to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has characterized the activity of the global scientific community over the last two years. Hundreds of published studies have focused on the comprehension of the immune response to the virus and on the definition of the functional role of SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Proteins containing zinc fingers, both belonging to SARS-CoV-2 or to the host, play critical roles in COVID-19 participating in antiviral defenses and regulation of viral life cycle. Differentially expressed zinc finger proteins and their distinct activities could thus be important in determining the severity of the disease and represent important targets for drug development. Therefore, we here review the mechanisms of action of host and viral zinc finger proteins in COVID-19 as a contribution to the comprehension of the disease and also highlight strategies for therapeutic developments. |
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spelling | pubmed-89986462022-04-12 Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 Esposito, Sabrina D’Abrosca, Gianluca Antolak, Anna Pedone, Paolo Vincenzo Isernia, Carla Malgieri, Gaetano Int J Mol Sci Review An unprecedented effort to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has characterized the activity of the global scientific community over the last two years. Hundreds of published studies have focused on the comprehension of the immune response to the virus and on the definition of the functional role of SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Proteins containing zinc fingers, both belonging to SARS-CoV-2 or to the host, play critical roles in COVID-19 participating in antiviral defenses and regulation of viral life cycle. Differentially expressed zinc finger proteins and their distinct activities could thus be important in determining the severity of the disease and represent important targets for drug development. Therefore, we here review the mechanisms of action of host and viral zinc finger proteins in COVID-19 as a contribution to the comprehension of the disease and also highlight strategies for therapeutic developments. MDPI 2022-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8998646/ /pubmed/35409070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23073711 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Esposito, Sabrina D’Abrosca, Gianluca Antolak, Anna Pedone, Paolo Vincenzo Isernia, Carla Malgieri, Gaetano Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title | Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title_full | Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title_short | Host and Viral Zinc-Finger Proteins in COVID-19 |
title_sort | host and viral zinc-finger proteins in covid-19 |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8998646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23073711 |
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