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SUBMITTER: Cho J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530981 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Junhyung J Lee Young Jae YJ Kim Je Hyoung JH Kim Sang Il SI Kim Sung Soon SS Choi Byeong-Sun BS Choi Jang-Hoon JH
Scientific reports 20201001 1
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is exacerbated by the absence of effective therapeutic agents. Notably, patients with COVID-19 and comorbidities such as hypertension and cardiac diseases have a higher mortality rate. An efficient strategy in response to this issue is repurposing drugs with antiviral activity for therapeutic effect. Digoxin (DIG) and ouabain (OUA) are FDA drugs for heart diseases that have antiviral activity against several coronaviruses. Thus, we aimed to assess anti ...[more]