HIV-1 Capsid Inhibitors: A Sword to Destroy the Virus

Future Medicinal ChemistryVol. 14, No. 9 EditorialHIV-1 capsid inhibitors: a sword to destroy the virusXujie Zhang, Shujing Xu, Lin Sun, Dang Ding, Yucen Tao, Dongwei Kang, Xinyong Liu & Peng ZhanXujie Zhang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-4665Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Shujing Xu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7168-613XDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Lin SunDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Dang DingDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Yucen TaoDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Dongwei KangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Xinyong Liu*Author for correspondence: E-mail Address: xinyongl@sdu.edu.cnDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China & Peng Zhan**Author for correspondence: E-mail Address: zhanpeng1982@sdu.edu.cnDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR ChinaPublished Online:17 Mar 2022https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2022-0008AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleAbstractKeywords: capsid inhibitorHIV-1lenacapavirphenylalanine derivativesprotein–protein interactionReferences1. 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ZR2020JQ31), the Foreign cultural and educational experts Project (no. GXL20200015001), the Shandong Provincial Key research and development project (no. 2019JZZY021011), Chang Jiang Scholars Program of Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China (no. 2021108), Taishan Scholar Program at Shandong Province, Qilu Young Scholars Program of Shandong University. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download