Donata Pluskota-Karwatka

Dr. Donata Pluskota-Karwatka

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
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Academic Career Length

35Years (1992-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2008 in Bioorganic Chemistry
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DPDonata Pluskota-Karwatka
Donata Pluskota-Karwatka
APAgnieszka J. Pawłowicz
Agnieszka J. Pawłowicz
MTMagdalena Tomas
Magdalena Tomas
LKLeif Kronberg
Leif Kronberg

1 August 2021 in Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
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DPDonata Pluskota-Karwatka
Donata Pluskota-Karwatka
MHMarcin Hoffmann
Marcin Hoffmann
JBJan Barciszewski
Jan Barciszewski
Coronaviruses are dangerous human and animal pathogens. The newly identified coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19 outbreak, which is a real threat to human health and life. The world has been struggling with this epidemic for about a year, yet there are still no targeted drugs and effective treatments are very limited. Due to the long process of developing new drugs, reposition of existing ones is one of the best ways to deal with an epidemic of emergency infectious diseases. Among the existing drugs there are candidates which are potentially able to inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 replication, and thus infection with the virus. Some therapeutics target several proteins, and many diseases share molecular paths. In such cases, the use of existing pharmaceuticals for more than one purposes can reduce the time needed to design new drugs. The aim of this review was to analyse the key targets of viral infection and potential drugs acting on them, as well as to discuss various strategies and therapeutic approaches, including the possible use of natural products. We highlight the approach based on increasing the involvement of human deaminases, particularly APOBEC deaminases in editing of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. This can reduce the cytosine content in the viral genome leading to the loss of its integrity. We also indicate the nucleic acid technologies as potential approaches for COVID-19 treatment. Among numerous promising natural products, we point out curcumin and cannabidiol as good candidates for being anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents.

22 June 2006 in Chemical Research in Toxicology
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DPDonata Pluskota-Karwatka
Donata Pluskota-Karwatka
APAgnieszka J. Pawłowicz
Agnieszka J. Pawłowicz
LKLeif Kronberg
Leif Kronberg

15 April 2010 in Chemistry & Biodiversity
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DPDonata Pluskota-Karwatka
Donata Pluskota-Karwatka
APAgnieszka J. Pawłowicz
Agnieszka J. Pawłowicz
MBMagdalena Bruszyńska
Magdalena Bruszyńska
AGAleksandra Greszkiewicz
Aleksandra Greszkiewicz
RLRafał Latajka
Rafał Latajka
LKLeif Kronberg
Leif Kronberg

29 November 2024 in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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KCKarolina Ciesielska
Karolina Ciesielska
DWDariusz Wawrzyniak
Dariusz Wawrzyniak
GDGrzegorz Dutkiewicz
Grzegorz Dutkiewicz
MKMaciej Kubicki
Maciej Kubicki
WJWojciech Jankowski
Wojciech Jankowski
DPDonata Pluskota-Karwatka
Donata Pluskota-Karwatka