The present invention concerns the use of an alpha-glucosidase glycoprotein processing inhibitor for the treatment or prevention of human coronavirus infections, such as SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-CoV-2 variant infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing coronavirus infection, or a symptom thereof, by administering an alpha-glucosidase glycoprotein processing inhibitor, such as castanospermine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, derivative, or prodrug thereof, to a human subject; methods for inhibiting human coronavirus infection in a human cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing human coronavirus infection.
本发明涉及使用α-
葡萄糖苷酶糖蛋白加工
抑制剂治疗或预防人类冠状病毒感染,如
SARS-CoV-2或
SARS-CoV-2变体感染。本发明的各个方面包括通过向人类受试者施用α-
葡萄糖苷酶糖蛋白加工
抑制剂,如蓖麻毒素或其药学上可接受的盐、衍
生物或原药,治疗或预防冠状病毒感染或其症状的方法;在体外或体内抑制人体细胞中人冠状病毒感染的方法;药物组合物;包装剂型;以及治疗或预防人冠状病毒感染的试剂盒。