Ming-jia Yu

Dr. Ming-jia Yu

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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

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15 June 2023 in Topics in Current Chemistry
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KSKiran Shehzadi
Kiran Shehzadi
ASAfsheen Saba
Afsheen Saba
MYMing-jia Yu
Ming-jia Yu
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang

3 October 2024 in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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JDJing Ding
Jing Ding
MZMin-Zhen Zhu
Min-Zhen Zhu
SLSi-Meng Liu
Si-Meng Liu
RLRui-Chen Liu
Rui-Chen Liu
SXShuo Xu
Shuo Xu
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang

2 July 2025 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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YRYue Ran
Yue Ran
SLSen Li
Sen Li
YWYing-Jie Wang
Ying-Jie Wang
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang
WJWei Jiang
Wei Jiang
MYMing-jia Yu
Ming-jia Yu

3 January 2024 in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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ZFZi-Qiang Feng
Zi-Qiang Feng
JDJing Ding
Jing Ding
MZMin-Zhen Zhu
Min-Zhen Zhu
WXWei-Song Xie
Wei-Song Xie
RLRui-Chen Liu
Rui-Chen Liu
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang

1 January 2023 in Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry
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XLXingzhou Liu
Xingzhou Liu
MYMing-jia Yu
Ming-jia Yu
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang

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KSKiran Shehzadi
Kiran Shehzadi
MYMing-jia Yu
Ming-jia Yu
JLJian-Hua Liang
Jian-Hua Liang
Global reports of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and recurrence cases continue despite substantial vaccination campaigns, raising severe concerns about COVID-19. While repurposed drugs offer some treatment options for COVID-19, notably, nucleoside inhibitors like Remdesivir stand out as curative therapies for COVID-19 that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The emergence of highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variants underscores the imperative for antiviral drugs adaptable to evolving viral mutations. RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) plays a key role in viral genome replication. Currently, inhibiting viral RdRp function remains a pivotal strategy to tackle the notorious virus. Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) therapy shows promise by effectively targeting specific genome regions, reducing viral replication, and inhibiting infection. In our study, we designed PNA antisense oligomers conjugated with cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) aiming to evaluate their antiviral effects against RdRp target using structure-guided drug design, which involves molecular docking simulations, drug likeliness and pharmacokinetic evaluations, molecular dynamics simulations, and computing binding free energy. The in silico analysis predicts that chemically modified PNAs might act as antisense molecules in order to disrupt ribosome assembly at RdRp’s translation start site, and their chemically stable and neutral backbone might enhance sequence-specific RNA binding interaction. Notably, our findings demonstrate that PNA-peptide conjugates might be the most promising inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 RdRp, with superior binding free energy compared to Remdesivir in the current COVID-19 medication. Specifically, PNA-CPP-1 could bind simultaneously to the active site residues of RdRp protein and sequence-specific RdRp-RNA target in order to control viral replication.