Discovery of orally bioavailable Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease inhibitors with efficacy in a murine infection model
Nathaniel T. Kenton, Haim Michael Barr, Artem Cherepakha, Lotte Coelmont, Caroline Collard, David Cousins, Geraint H. M. Davies, Oleksii Degtyarenko, Andrew Dirksen, Daniel Elbrecht, D. Fearon, James R. Gayvert, Ed Griffen, Dirk Jochmans, Suzanne J. F. Kaptein, , Alpha A. Lee
The paper identifies orally bioavailable inhibitors of the Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease that show antiviral activity in vitro and reduce viral RNA load in a murine infection model.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology