Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Preclinical development of kinetin as a safe error-prone SARS-CoV-2 antiviral able to attenuate virus-induced inflammation

  • Thiago Moreno L. Souza,
  • Vagner D. Pinho,
  • Cristina F. Setim,
  • Carolina Q. Sacramento,
  • Rodrigo Marcon,
  • Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues,
  • Otavio A. Chaves,
  • Melina Heller,
  • Jairo R. Temerozo,
  • André C. Ferreira,
  • Mayara Mattos,
  • Patrícia B. Momo,
  • Suelen S. G. Dias,
  • João S. M. Gesto,
  • Filipe Pereira-Dutra,
  • João P. B. Viola,
  • Celso Martins Queiroz-Junior,
  • Lays Cordeiro Guimarães,
  • Ian Meira Chaves,
  • Pedro Pires Goulart Guimarães,
  • Vivian Vasconcelos Costa,
  • Mauro Martins Teixeira,
  • Dumith Chequer Bou-Habib,
  • Patrícia T. Bozza,
  • Anderson R. Aguillón,
  • Jarbas Siqueira-Junior,
  • Sergio Macedo-Junior,
  • Edineia L. Andrade,
  • Guilherme P. Fadanni,
  • Sara E. L. Tolouei,
  • Francine B. Potrich,
  • Adara A. Santos,
  • Naiani F. Marques,
  • João B. Calixto,
  • Jaime A. Rabi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35928-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The search for antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 continue due to the emergence of variants of concerns, able to escape the vaccinal humoral response. In this work, authors pre-clinically explore the potential of kinetin against SARS-CoV-2, which could be used alone or in combination with other antivirals.