Ribavirin
Antiviral guanosine ribonucleoside analog / Ribavirin is a clinically useful antiviral medication for Hepatitis C, viral hemorrhagic fevers and other RNA and DNA viruses. The exact mechanism of its antiviral activity is uncertain. Various proposals include inhibition of viral polymerase1, RNA mutagenesis2, and inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibition3.
Biochemicals & reagents
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1) Bougie and Bisaillon (2003), Initial binding of the broad spectrum antiviral nucleoside ribavirin to the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase; J. Biol. Chem. 278 52471 2) Crotty et al. (2000), The broad-spectrum antiviral ribonucleoside ribavirin is an RNA virus mutagen; Nat.Med. 6 1375 3) Zhou et al. (2003), The effect of ribavirin and IMPDH inhibitos on hepatitis C virus subgenomic replicon RNA; Virology 310 333 4) Couee and Tipton (1990), Inhibition of ox brain glutamate by perphenazine; Biochem. Pharmacol. 39 1167
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TARGET: Dehydrogenase (GAPDH, GPDH, IMPDH, PHGDH, LDH, DHODH, ALDH, GDH, IDH, UGDH, DPD, DHPDH, KGDH, PDH, and MDH); RNA -- PATHWAY: Cytokine -- RESEARCH AREA: Immunology -- DISEASE AREA: Infectious disease; Inflammation