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    A SARS-CoV-2-specific CAR-T-cell model identifies felodipine, fasudil, imatinib, and caspofungin as potential treatments for lethal COVID-19

    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-induced cytokine storm is closely associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and lethality. However, drugs that are effective agai...

    Lin **a, Lun-zhi Yuan, Ya-hong Hu, Jun-yi Liu in Cellular & Molecular Immunology (2023)

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    Structural and functional analyses of hepatitis B virus X protein BH3-like domain and Bcl-xL interaction

    Hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein, HBx, interacts with anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins through its BH3-like motif to promote HBV replication and cytotoxicity. Here we report the crystal structure of H...

    Tian-Ying Zhang, Hong-Ying Chen, Jia-Li Cao, Hua-Long **ong in Nature Communications (2019)

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    A novel toolbox for the in vitro assay of hepatitis D virus infection

    Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a defective RNA virus that requires the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its life cycle. The in vitro HDV infection system is widely used as a surrogate model to study cellular i...

    **g-Hua Zhao, Ya-Li Zhang, Tian-Ying Zhang, Lun-Zhi Yuan, Tong Cheng in Scientific Reports (2017)