Cathepsin inhibitors nitroxoline and its derivatives inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
Rafaela Milan Bonotto, Ana Mitrović, Izidor Sosič, Pamela Martinez-Orellana, Federica Dattola, Stanislav Gobec, Janko Kos, PhD Alessandro Marcello
Antiviral Research, doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2023.105655
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Declaration of interests ☒ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. ☐The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: On behalf of the authors: Alessandro Marcello Head, Laboratory of Molecular Virology International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Padriciano, 99, 34149 Trieste, ITALY http://www.icgeb.org/molecular-virology.html Email: marcello@icgeb.org Janko Kos Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ljubljana Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Email: janko.kos@ffa.uni-lj.si www.ffa.uni-lj.si The authors declare the international application number PCT/EP2021/083960 "8-hydroxyquinoline cysteine protease inhibitors for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a coronavirus disease". The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f
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