Investigation of the effect and mechanisms of moxa smoke in the treatment of Influenza A Virus (IAV) infection

Ting Cao; Wenchao Pan; Ziyao Liang; Jingyu Quan; Miaona Zhang; Huameng Li; Long Fan; Xuhua Yu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337906

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Investigation of the effect and mechanisms of moxa smoke in the treatment of Influenza A Virus (IAV) infection

Ting Cao,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Wenchao Pan,

Roles Investigation, Visualization

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ziyao Liang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Jingyu Quan,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Miaona Zhang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Huameng Li,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Long Fan,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Xuhua Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dryuxuhua@gzucm.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine/ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0633-1850

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Investigation of the effect and mechanisms of moxa smoke in the treatment of Influenza A Virus (IAV) infection

Ting Cao,
Wenchao Pan,
Ziyao Liang,
Jingyu Quan,
Miaona Zhang,
Huameng Li,
Long Fan,
Xuhua Yu

Published: December 12, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337906

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