PIKfyve inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants including Omicron.

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State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

Published: May 2022


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