id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318316-9unfl966 Ortega, Joseph T. Understanding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Replication to Design Efficient Drug Combination Therapies 2020-10-23 .txt text/plain 4022 236 46 SUMMARY: This review focused on the basic principles of virology and pharmacology to understand the importance of early stages of virus-cell interaction as therapeutic targets and other main processes vital for SARS-CoV-2 replication. Furthermore, we focused on describing the main targets associated with SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapy and the rationale of drug combinations for efficiently suppressing viral replication. Another early target evaluated against SARS-CoV-2 is a cellular protease related to the priming of the spike protein (S), which exposes the fusion motive and allows the release of viral RNA into the cytosol. HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; TMPRSS2, transmembrane serine protease 2; ORF, open reading frame. Favipiravir, another antiviral agent with broad activity against other RNA viruses by inhibiting the RdRp, halting viral replication, was evaluated against SARS-CoV-2, showing effects in vitro and in vivo [43] [44] [45] . ./cache/cord-318316-9unfl966.txt ./txt/cord-318316-9unfl966.txt