A randomized controlled trial of teprenone in terms of preventing worsening of COVID-19 infection.

<h4>Background</h4>Some COVID-19 patients develop life-threatening disease accompanied by severe pneumonitis. Teprenone induces expression of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) that protect against interstitial pneumonia in preclinical models. We explored whether teprenone prevented worsening of...

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Main Authors: Eiki Ichihara, Kou Hasegawa, Kenichiro Kudo, Yasushi Tanimoto, Kazuhiro Nouso, Naohiro Oda, Sho Mitsumune, Haruto Yamada, Ichiro Takata, Hideharu Hagiya, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, Akihiko Taniguchi, Shinichi Toyooka, Kohei Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Aokage, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Katsuyuki Kiura, Yoshinobu Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287501