Table 1

Host drug targets that have antiviral activity

Virus family
Virus species
Host-cell target
Drug
Antiviral activity in vitro
Antiviral activity in vivo
References

Poxviridae
Vaccinia virus
Abl tyrosine kinase
Gleevec
+
+
[13]
Herpesviridae
KSHV
c-Kit
Gleevec
+
+
[14,21]

KSHV
Vitamin D receptor
Vitamin D analog EB1089
+
-
[16]

HSV-1
EIF-2α
Salubrinal
+
-
[30]

HCMV
COX-2
BMS-279652
+
-
[15,23]



BMS-279654






BMS-279655






Indomethacin






Aspirin



Unclassified
Hepatitis D virus
Farnesyltransferase
FTI-277
+
+
[18,19]



FTI-2153



Hepadnaviridae
Hepatitis B virus
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K)
siRNA
+
-
[31]
Retroviridae
HIV
HMG-CoA reductase
Lovastatin
+
+
[17]

HIV
Geranylgeranyltransferase I
GGTI-286
+
-
[17]

HIV
ATM kinase
KU-55933
+
-
[28]

HIV
Deoxyhypusine synthase
CNI-1493
+
-
[29]

HIV
Histone deacetylase
Valporic acid
+
+
[32,33]
Flaviviridae
West Nile disease virus
c-Yes (Src family kinases)
PP2 SU6656
+
-
[20]

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