El 4-hidroxalcono inhibe el coronavirus humano HCoV-OC43 al dirigirse a la vía de señalización EGFR/AKT/ERK1/2

Yuanyuan Huang1,2, Jieyu Li1,2, Qiting Luo2

  • 1School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Viruses
|August 28, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

El 4-hidroxalcona (4HCH) muestra fuertes efectos antivirales contra el coronavirus humano HCoV-OC43. Este compuesto inhibe la replicación viral al dirigirse a la vía del receptor del factor de crecimiento epidérmico (EGFR), ofreciendo potencial como un nuevo tratamiento contra el coronavirus.

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