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. 2022 Mar 19;19:49. doi: 10.1186/s12985-022-01783-5

Table 1.

The potential route of SARS-CoV-2 to evade host innate immunity and the potential target for future drug development

Mechanism Potential route Potential target [69]
Viral adhesion and invasion ACE2 (mACE2 and sACE2)

Entry inhibition:

Arbidol

Chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine

Camostat

Convalescent

Plasma/immunoglobulins

Arginine-glycine-aspartic motif
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4
Endocytosis
ORF8
Suppression of innate immunity Dendritic cells

Inhibiting consequences of cytokine storm:

Tocilizumab

Sarilumab

Ruxolitinib

Baricitinib

Macrophages
Neutrophils
NK cells
Affect the IFN signaling pathway NSP 1

Inhibition of translation and protease inhibitors:

Lopinavir/ritonavir

Niclosamide

Darunavir

Interferon beta

NSP 8
NSP 9
NSP 16
NSP 12
NSP 3
Inhibiting adaptive immune response Low CD8 +/CD4 + T cell

Inhibition of viral polymerase:

Ribavirin

Favipiravir

Remdesivir

MHC class I and II molecules downregulated