Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and Huangqi (Astragalus membranaceus) Suppress SARS-CoV-2 Entry and COVID-19 Related Cytokine Storm in Vitro

• Published in: Frontiers in pharmacology Vol. 12; p. 765553
• Main Authors: Yeh, Yuan-Chieh, Doan, Ly Hien, Huang, Zi-Yi, Chu, Li-Wei, Shi, Tzu-Hau, Lee, Ying-Ray, Wu, Cheng-Tao, Lin, Chao-Hsiung, Chiang, Shu-Tuan, Liu, Hui-Kang, Chuang, Tsung-Hsien, Ping, Yueh-Hsin, Liu, Hsiao-Sheng, Huang, Chi-Ying F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 25.03.2022
• Subjects: COVID-19; honeysuckle; Huangqi; let-7a; microRNA; Pharmacology; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; honeysuckle; Huangqi; miR-148b; microRNA; let-7a; mir-146a

COVID-19 is threatening human health worldwide but no effective treatment currently exists for this disease. Current therapeutic strategies focus on the inhibition of viral replication or using anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory compounds to improve host immunity, but not both. Traditional Chinese m...