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“Here we show that clioquinol inhibits the activity of mammalian CLK-1 in cultured cells, an inhibition that can be blocked by iron or cobalt cations, suggesting that chelation is involved in the mechanism of action of clioquinol on CLK-1.”
Journal of Biological Chemistry • 2009 | View Paper
“The authors then show that treatment with clioquinol CQ ), an antimicrobial agent with unique iron chelating properties, suppresses the increased iron accumulation that occurs in cells and in lung tissue duringexperimental IPF.”
Metallomics : integrated biometal science • 2019 | View Paper
“We found that CQ could remarkably improve the motor and non-motor deficits, which were based on the reduction of iron content and ROS level in the SN and further improvement in pathology.”