Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Function as a Direct Zinc Ionophore

Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Function as a Direct Zinc Ionophore

Drug-mediated correction of abnormal biological zinc homeostasis could provide new routes to treating neurodegeneration, cancer, and viral infections. Designing therapeutics to facilitate zinc transport intracellularly is hampered by inadequate concentrations of endogenous zinc, which is often prote...

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Main Authors: Oisín N. Kavanagh, Shayon Bhattacharya, Luke Marchetti, Robert Elmes, Finbarr O’Sullivan, John P. Farragher, Shane Robinson, Damien Thompson, Gavin M. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
hydroxychloroquine
COVID-19
ionophore
zinc
clioquinol
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/5/899

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