Protoporphyrin IX and verteporfin prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection <i>in vitro</i> and in a mouse model expressing human ACE2

Chenjian Gu(Washington University in St. Louis), Youhua Xie(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Zhong Huang(Shenzhen University), Qiang Deng(Kunming University of Science and Technology), Zhiping Sun(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Wei Xu(Beijing Geriatric Hospital), Yuanfei Zhu(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Zhenghong Yuan(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Jing Liu(Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Rong Zhang(Huazhong Agricultural University), Yuyan Wang(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Xia Cai(Fudan University), Di Qu(Xijing Hospital), Yang Wu(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Yu Zhou(Yangtze University), Yutang Li(Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), Huimin Guo(Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
May 1, 2020
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