Abstract
1. Hepatitis C is a highly infectious disease that imposes a high health, social and financial burden on the population in Hong Kong and worldwide.
2. A new platform for the virtual screening of JAK2 Type II inhibitors was constructed and utilised to identify amentoflavone as a lead scaffold for the development of new inhibitors.
3. Novel natural inhibitors were developed and showed anti-JAK2 activity and anti-viral activity in cellular systems.
4. The compounds potentially represent a novel therapeutic approach to the treatment of hepatitis C, and may supplement existing regimens for hard-to-treat HCV genotypes in Hong Kong.
2. A new platform for the virtual screening of JAK2 Type II inhibitors was constructed and utilised to identify amentoflavone as a lead scaffold for the development of new inhibitors.
3. Novel natural inhibitors were developed and showed anti-JAK2 activity and anti-viral activity in cellular systems.
4. The compounds potentially represent a novel therapeutic approach to the treatment of hepatitis C, and may supplement existing regimens for hard-to-treat HCV genotypes in Hong Kong.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | S32-S36 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Hong Kong Medical Journal |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3, Suppl 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2016 |