Glycan Nanostructures of Human Coronaviruses

© 2021 Guo et al..

Human coronaviruses present a substantial global disease burden, causing damage to populations' health, economy, and social well-being. Glycans are one of the main structural components of all microbes and organismic structures, including viruses-playing multiple essential roles in virus infection and immunity. Studying and understanding virus glycans at the nanoscale provide new insights into the diagnosis and treatment of viruses. Glycan nanostructures are considered potential targets for molecular diagnosis, antiviral therapeutics, and the development of vaccines. This review article describes glycan nanostructures (eg, glycoproteins and glycolipids) that exist in cells, subcellular structures, and microbes. We detail the structure, characterization, synthesis, and functions of virus glycans. Furthermore, we describe the glycan nanostructures of different human coronaviruses, such as human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E), human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43), severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63), human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1), the Middle East respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and how glycan nanotechnology can be useful to prevent and combat human coronaviruses infections, along with possibilities that are not yet explored.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

International journal of nanomedicine - 16(2021) vom: 14., Seite 4813-4830

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, Wanru [VerfasserIn]
Lakshminarayanan, Harini [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Palacios, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Salata, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Kaijin [VerfasserIn]
Draz, Mohamed S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronaviruses
Diagnostics
Glycan
Glycolipids
Glycoproteins
Journal Article
Nanotechnology
Polysaccharides
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine

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Date Completed 14.09.2021

Date Revised 14.09.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/IJN.S302516

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328354937