Viral infection as an NAD+ battlefield

Nat Metab. 2022 Jan;4(1):2-3. doi: 10.1038/s42255-021-00507-3.

Abstract

Coronavirus replication results in expenditure of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), the central catalyst of cellular metabolism, in the innate response to infection. Repleting NAD+ levels has the potential to enhance antiviral responses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions* / immunology
  • Humans
  • NAD / metabolism*
  • Virus Diseases / immunology
  • Virus Diseases / metabolism*
  • Virus Diseases / virology*

Substances

  • NAD