Emerging Biotechnological Approaches for Natural Antiviral Molecules Discovery
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 464
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural antivirals; host and viruses interaction; intracellular trafficking of viral infection; herpesviruses; HSV-1; viral immune evasion; virus-induced cell death; RNAi; small RNAs as therapeutics
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Interests: herpes simplex virus type 1; natural antivirals; cell signalling; intercellular trafficking of viral protein; viral innate immune evasion; cyclodextrins and carriers as drug or nucleic acid delivery system; programmed cell death and HSV-1 infection
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Interests: antimicrobials, antiviral, gut microbiota, plant extracts, bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
International Journal of Molecular Science is planning a Special Issue focusing on emerging approaches useful to discover natural compounds with an antiviral potential. The current SARS-CoV2 epidemic and the difficulties being encountered in fighting the spread of new waves of infection, has increasingly engaged researchers in the search for novel antiviral drugs from plants and other natural sources as alternatives for prophylaxis. The technological revolution in the field of genomics and proteomics has led to the development of innovative molecular approaches useful to understand the host-virus interaction, as well as to characterize the antivirals properties of natural compounds and their impact on cellular biology. We welcome submissions on the discovery of novel natural antiviral molecules through advanced cell-based technologies alternative to the conventional cytopathic effect inhibition. The study of the effect of small natural molecules on viral transcriptional patterns, the development of bioinformatics and computational tools, biochemical assays based on protein-protein interactions can reveal the mechanism of action of molecules with antiviral activity. Authors are invited to submit original research articles and reviews on the antiviral properties of extracts characterizing the molecular mechanism and the phytochemical compounds responsible for the antiviral activity.
Dr. Rosamaria Pennisi
Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa Sciortino
Dr. Giuseppina Mandalari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural antivirals
- biotechnology
- viruses
- cellular signalling
- natural bioactive compounds
- viral infections
- antiviral therapeutics
- virus inhibition assays
