Mucin-Inspired Polymeric Fibers for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Inhibition.

Mucus lines the epithelial cells at the biological interface and is the first line of defense against multiple viral infection. Mucins, the gel-forming components of mucus, are high molecular weight glycoproteins and crucial for preventing infections by binding pathogens. Consequently, mimicking mucins is a promising strategy for new synthetic virus inhibitors. In this work, we investigated synthetic mucin-inspired polymers (MIPs) as potential inhibitors of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). By using a telechelic RAFT polymerization technique, we synthesized a new dendronized polysulfate p(G1AAm-OSO

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