The mammalian SKI complex is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug target that upregulates cellular cholesterol to inhibit viral replication
Stuart M. Weston, Lauren Baracco, Louis J. Taylor, Alison J. Scott, Gaurav Kumar, Paul Shapiro, Alexander D. MacKerell, Matthew B. Frieman
This paper identifies the SKI complex as a broad-spectrum antiviral target, showing that UMB18 increases cellular cholesterol via the mevalonate pathway to inhibit viral replication.
Journal of Virology · Sep 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology