Ribavirin antagonizes the in vitro anti-hepatitis C virus activity of 2′-C-methylcytidine, the active component of valopicitabine

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Coelmont, Lotte
Paeshuyse, Jan
Windisch, Marc P.
De Clercq, Erik
Bartenschlager, Ralf
Neyts, Johan
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[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Rega Inst Med Res, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
[2] Univ Heidelberg, Dept Mol Virol, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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10.1128/AAC.00372-06
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Ribavirin antagonizes the in vitro anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) activity of the pyrimidine nucleoside analogue 2'-C-methyleytidine, the active component of the experimental anti-HCV drug valopicitabine. In contrast, the combination of ribavirin with either the purine nucleoside analogue 2'-C-methyladenosine or the HCV protease inhibitor VX-950 resulted in an additive antiviral activity. These findings may have implications when planning clinical studies with valopicitabine.
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