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Review Article Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 3 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/allergy.2.028

Possible therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19

  • 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203, USA
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Corresponding Author

Jonathan D. Geiger, jonathan.geiger@und.edu

Received Date: August 30, 2021

Accepted Date: November 13, 2021

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infection causes COVID-19, which has emerged as a health emergency worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by binding to ACE2 receptors and enters into the cytoplasm following its escape from endolysosomes. Once in the cytoplasm, the virus replicates and eventually causes various pathological conditions including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that is caused by pro-inflammatory cytokine storms. Thus, endolysosomes and cytokine storms are important therapeutic targets to suppress SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. Here, we discuss therapeutic targets of SARS-CoV-2 infection and available drugs that could be helpful in the suppression of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathological condition COVID-19. The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic precludes the development of new drugs and increased focus on drug repurposing might provide the quickest way to finding effective medicines.

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2), COVID-19 (Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19), Endolysosomes, ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), Cytokine Storm

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