Targeting hub genes and pathways of innate immune response in COVID-19: A network biology perspective.

The current pandemic of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by a novel virus strain, 2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2 have posed a serious threat to global public health and economy. It is largely unknown how the human immune system responds to this infection. A better understanding of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 will be important to develop therapeutics against COVID-19. Here, we have used transcriptomic profile of human alveolar adenocarcinoma cells (A549) infected with SARS-CoV-2 and employed a network biology approach to generate human-virus interactome. Network topological analysis discovers 15 SARS-CoV-2 targets, which belongs to a subset of interferon (IFN) stimulated genes (ISGs). These ISGs (IFIT1, IFITM1, IRF7, ISG15, MX1, and OAS2) can be considered as potential candidates for drug targets in the treatments of COVID-19. We have identified significant interaction between ISGs and TLR3 agonists, like poly I: C, and imiquimod, and suggests that TLR3 agonists can be considered as a potential drug for drug repurposing in COVID-19. Our network centric analysis suggests that moderating the innate immune response is a valuable approach to target COVID-19. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Kartikay Prasad, Fatima Khatoon, Summya Rashid, Nemat Ali, Abdullah F AlAsmari, Mohammad Z Ahmed, Ali S Alqahtani, Mohammed S Alqahtani, Vijay Kumar. Targeting hub genes and pathways of innate immune response in COVID-19: A network biology perspective. International journal of biological macromolecules. 2020 Nov 15;163:1-8

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