Methods and compositions for treating viral diseases

摘要

The invention provides a method for treating viral infections and coinfections through the use of inhibitory agents that prevent a unique viral structural protein motifs from binding to host proteins from the clathrin adaptor proteins family and subsequently preventing viral replication.

主权项

1. A method of inhibiting infections by a Lentiviridae, HIV, HCV/HIV co-infection, Flaviviridae other than HCV, clathrin AP binding viruses other than Flaviviridae, or clathrin AP binding viruses other than HCV, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of sunitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of sunitinib.