These results underscore the significance of spike-dependent CFTR reduction following authentic virus infection, and highlight the potential of cardiac glycosides as possible treatments to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, CFTR loss and the subsequent inflammatory response
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These large molecules, even with the same mechanism of action in the form of inhibiting TNF alpha, may act differently, and they may have other adverse effects
The present study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos
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