Cyclosporine: an old weapon in the fight against coronaviruses

Adam Molyvdas; Sadis Matalon

doi:10.1183/13993003.02484-2020

Cyclosporine: an old weapon in the fight against coronaviruses

Eur Respir J. 2020 Nov 26;56(5):2002484. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02484-2020. Print 2020 Nov.

Authors

Adam Molyvdas¹, Sadis Matalon¹

Affiliation

¹ Depts of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Translational and Molecular Biomedicine and Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Abstract

Cyclosporine inhibits the replication of coronaviruses and could potentially suppress the cytokine storm associated with coronavirus infections https://bit.ly/39x2PSt

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Animals
Cyclophilins*
Cyclosporine
Humans
Interferons
Mice
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus*

Substances

Cyclosporine
Interferons
Cyclophilins

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