K5SARS-CoV-2

Maria Milanesi1, Chiara Urbinati1, Liv Zimmermann2,3

  • 1Macromolecular Interaction Analysis Unit, Section of Experimental Oncology and Immunology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Brescia, Italy.

Npj viruses
|January 9, 2026
PubMed
まとめ

化学修飾された大腸菌K5多糖体であるK5OSHおよびK5NOSHは、スパイクタンパク質の結合をブロックし、ウイルスの融合を阻害することにより、強力なSARS-CoV-2抗ウイルス活性を示しました。K5OSHは最も有望な治療可能性を示しました。

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