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. 2021 Nov 15;6:396. doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00809-8

Table 4.

Drug candidates for SARS-CoV-2 prevention and treatment

Categories Class Drug name Associated glycans or targets Description Refs.
Prevention Natural antibody GalNAcalpha1-Ser GalNAc-Ser/Thr (Tn antigen) Preclinical stage 414
(Gal)1 (GalNAc)1 Gal-GalNAc-Ser/Thr (T antigen) Preclinical stage 412
FDG-reactive antibodies Man9-GlcNAc2-Asn Preclinical stage 415
Vaccine (GlcNAc)4 (Man)3 GlcNAc(2-4)-Man3-GlcNAc2-Asn PubChem CID: 10148744 70,434
Man5(GlcNAc)2Asn Man5-GlcNAc2-Asn PubChem CID: 25229604 40,329
Treatment Neutralizing antibody VIR-7831 Glycans at N343 Phase II & NCT04779879 408
VIR-7832 Glycans at N343 Phase I/II & NCT04746183 408
S309 Glycans at N343 Preclinical stage 406
Lectin FRIL Complex-type N-glycans Preclinical stage 438
Griffithsin Oligosaccharides Phase I & NCT02875119 441
Clec4g Complex-type N-glycans Preclinical stage 442
CD209c Complex-type N-glycans Preclinical stage 442
Lentil lectin oligomannose-type glycans and GlcNAc Preclinical stage 443
Galectin-3 inhibitor TD139 N-acetyllactosamine moieties Phase II/III & NCT04473053 452,453
GB1107 N-acetyllactosamine moieties Preclinical stage 450,454
Belapectin N-acetyllactosamine moieties Phase II & NCT04365868 455
Iminosugars Castanospermine α-Glucosidase enzymes Preclinical stage 459
UV-4 α-Glucosidase enzymes Preclinical stage 459
Celgosivir α-Glucosidase enzymes Phase II & NCT00157534 459
Miglustat α-Glucosidase enzymes Preclinical stage 460
Kifunensine α-Mannosidase enzymes Preclinical stage 461
Sialidase DAS181 The sialic acid glycans of virus receptor Phase 3 & NCT03808922 463

GlcNAc N-acetylglucosamine, Gal galactose, FDG Fab-dimerized glycan, Man mannose, Asn asparagine, Ser derine, Thr threonine, FRIL Flt3 Receptor Interacting Lectin, UV-4 a monocyclic derivative of DNJ.