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2022

Journal Article

Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS‐CoV‐2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans**

Parafioriti, Michela, Ni, Minghong, Petitou, Maurice, Mycroft‐West, Courtney J., Rudd, Timothy R., Gandhi, Neha S., Ferro, Vito, Turnbull, Jeremy E., Lima, Marcelo A., Skidmore, Mark A., Fernig, David G., Yates, Edwin A., Bisio, Antonella, Guerrini, Marco and Elli, Stefano (2022). Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS‐CoV‐2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans**. Chemistry – A European Journal, 29 (1) e202202599, e202202599. doi: 10.1002/chem.202202599

Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS‐CoV‐2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans**

2022

Journal Article

An improved protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of β-D-glycosyl fluorides from 2-O-acyl thioglycosides

See, Nicholas W, Xu, Xiaowen and Ferro, Vito (2022). An improved protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of β-D-glycosyl fluorides from 2-O-acyl thioglycosides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87 (21), 14230-14240. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01748

An improved protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of β-D-glycosyl fluorides from 2-O-acyl thioglycosides

2022

Journal Article

SARS-CoV-2 triggers complement activation through interactions with heparan sulfate

Lo, Martin W., Amarilla, Alberto A., Lee, John D., Albornoz, Eduardo A., Modhiran, Naphak, Clark, Richard J., Ferro, Vito, Chhabra, Mohit, Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel and Woodruff, Trent M. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 triggers complement activation through interactions with heparan sulfate. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11 (8) e1413, e1413. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1413

SARS-CoV-2 triggers complement activation through interactions with heparan sulfate

2022

Journal Article

Tumour cell-activated platelets modulate the immunological activity of CD4+, CD8+, and NK cells, which is efficiently antagonized by heparin

Gockel, Lukas M., Nekipelov, Katrin, Ferro, Vito, Bendas, Gerd and Schlesinger, Martin (2022). Tumour cell-activated platelets modulate the immunological activity of CD4+, CD8+, and NK cells, which is efficiently antagonized by heparin. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 71 (10), 2523-2533. doi: 10.1007/s00262-022-03186-5

Tumour cell-activated platelets modulate the immunological activity of CD4+, CD8+, and NK cells, which is efficiently antagonized by heparin

2022

Journal Article

Au‐NHC complexes with thiocarboxylate ligands: synthesis, structure, stability, thiol exchange and in vitro anti‐cancer activity

Al‐Buthabhak, Hawraa S., Falasca, Valerio, Yu, Yu, Sobolev, Alexandre N., Skelton, Brian W., Moggach, Stephen A., Ferro, Vito, Al‐Salami, Hani and Baker, Murray V. (2022). Au‐NHC complexes with thiocarboxylate ligands: synthesis, structure, stability, thiol exchange and in vitro anti‐cancer activity. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 38 (10) ARTN e6645. doi: 10.1002/aoc.6645

Au‐NHC complexes with thiocarboxylate ligands: synthesis, structure, stability, thiol exchange and in vitro anti‐cancer activity

2022

Journal Article

Structural insights into pixatimod (PG545) inhibition of heparanase, a key enzyme in cancer and viral infections

Chhabra, Mohit, Wilson, Jennifer C., Wu, Liang, Davies, Gideon J., Gandhi, Neha S. and Ferro, Vito (2022). Structural insights into pixatimod (PG545) inhibition of heparanase, a key enzyme in cancer and viral infections. Chemistry – A European Journal, 28 (11) e202104222, e202104222. doi: 10.1002/chem.202104222

Structural insights into pixatimod (PG545) inhibition of heparanase, a key enzyme in cancer and viral infections

2021

Journal Article

Development of improved synthetic routes to pixatimod (PG545), a sulfated oligosaccharide-steroid conjugate

Chhabra, Mohit, Wimmer, Norbert, He, Qi Qi and Ferro, Vito (2021). Development of improved synthetic routes to pixatimod (PG545), a sulfated oligosaccharide-steroid conjugate. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 32 (11) acs.bioconjchem.1c00453, 2420-2431. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00453

Development of improved synthetic routes to pixatimod (PG545), a sulfated oligosaccharide-steroid conjugate

2021

Journal Article

Corrigendum: Heparanase Promotes Syndecan-1 Expression to Mediate Fibrillar Collagen and Mammographic Density in Human Breast Tissue Cultured ex vivo (Front. Cell Dev. Biol., (2020), 8, 599, 10.3389/fcell.2020.00599)

Huang, Xuan, Reye, Gina, Momot, Konstantin I., Blick, Tony, Lloyd, Thomas, Tilley, Wayne D., Hickey, Theresa E., Snell, Cameron E., Okolicsanyi, Rachel K., Haupt, Larisa M., Ferro, Vito, Thompson, Erik W. and Hugo, Honor J. (2021). Corrigendum: Heparanase Promotes Syndecan-1 Expression to Mediate Fibrillar Collagen and Mammographic Density in Human Breast Tissue Cultured ex vivo (Front. Cell Dev. Biol., (2020), 8, 599, 10.3389/fcell.2020.00599). Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9 678589. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.678589

Corrigendum: Heparanase Promotes Syndecan-1 Expression to Mediate Fibrillar Collagen and Mammographic Density in Human Breast Tissue Cultured ex vivo (Front. Cell Dev. Biol., (2020), 8, 599, 10.3389/fcell.2020.00599)

2021

Journal Article

A substituent‐directed strategy for the selective synthesis of L‐hexoses: an expeditious route to L‐idose

See, Nicholas W., Wimmer, Norbert, Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Ferro, Vito (2021). A substituent‐directed strategy for the selective synthesis of L‐hexoses: an expeditious route to L‐idose. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 (10), 1575-1584. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.202100042

A substituent‐directed strategy for the selective synthesis of L‐hexoses: an expeditious route to L‐idose

2021

Journal Article

Inhibition of tumor-host cell interactions using synthetic heparin mimetics

Gockel, Lukas M., Heyes, Martin, Li, Honglian, Al Nahain, Abdullah, Gorzelanny, Christian, Schlesinger, Martin, Holdenrieder, Stefan, Li, Jin-Ping, Ferro, Vito and Bendas, Gerd (2021). Inhibition of tumor-host cell interactions using synthetic heparin mimetics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (6), 7080-7093. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20744

Inhibition of tumor-host cell interactions using synthetic heparin mimetics

2021

Journal Article

Evidence of a putative glycosaminoglycan binding site on the glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N-terminal domain

Schuurs, Zachariah P., Hammond, Edward, Elli, Stefano, Rudd, Timothy R., Mycroft-West, Courtney J., Lima, Marcelo A., Skidmore, Mark A., Karlsson, Richard, Chen, Yen-Hsi, Bagdonaite, Ieva, Yang, Zhang, Ahmed, Yassir A., Richard, Derek J., Turnbull, Jeremy, Ferro, Vito, Coombe, Deirdre R. and Gandhi, Neha S. (2021). Evidence of a putative glycosaminoglycan binding site on the glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N-terminal domain. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 19, 2806-2818. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.05.002

Evidence of a putative glycosaminoglycan binding site on the glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N-terminal domain

2020

Journal Article

GlycoTorch Vina: docking designed and tested for glycosaminoglycans

Boittier, Eric D., Burns, Jed M., Gandhi, Neha S. and Ferro, Vito (2020). GlycoTorch Vina: docking designed and tested for glycosaminoglycans. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 60 (12), 6328-6343. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00373

GlycoTorch Vina: docking designed and tested for glycosaminoglycans

2020

Journal Article

Sulfonated RAFT copolymers as heparin mimetics: synthesis, reactivity ratios, and anticoagulant activity

Nahain, Abdullah Al, Ignjatovic, Vera, Monagle, Paul, Tsanaktsidis, John, Vamvounis, George and Ferro, Vito (2020). Sulfonated RAFT copolymers as heparin mimetics: synthesis, reactivity ratios, and anticoagulant activity. Macromolecular Bioscience, 20 (9) 2000110, e2000110. doi: 10.1002/mabi.202000110

Sulfonated RAFT copolymers as heparin mimetics: synthesis, reactivity ratios, and anticoagulant activity

2020

Journal Article

Heparanase promotes syndecan-1 expression to mediate fibrillar collagen and mammographic density in human breast tissue cultured ex vivo

Huang, Xuan, Reye, Gina, Momot, Konstantin I., Blick, Tony, Lloyd, Thomas, Tilley, Wayne D., Hickey, Theresa E., Snell, Cameron E., Okolicsanyi, Rachel K., Haupt, Larisa M., Ferro, Vito, Thompson, Erik W. and Hugo, Honor J. (2020). Heparanase promotes syndecan-1 expression to mediate fibrillar collagen and mammographic density in human breast tissue cultured ex vivo. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 8 599, 599. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00599

Heparanase promotes syndecan-1 expression to mediate fibrillar collagen and mammographic density in human breast tissue cultured ex vivo

2020

Journal Article

PI-88 and related heparan sulfate mimetics

Chhabra, Mohit and Ferro, Vito (2020). PI-88 and related heparan sulfate mimetics. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1221, 473-491. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-34521-1_19

PI-88 and related heparan sulfate mimetics

2020

Journal Article

Synthesis of cholesterol glycoconjugates for targeted liposomal drug delivery

Nguyen, Huong, Pan, Yuchen, Nahain, Abdullah Al, Clarke, Daniel, McMillan, Nigel A. and Ferro, Vito (2020). Synthesis of cholesterol glycoconjugates for targeted liposomal drug delivery. Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 12 (3), 1-9.

Synthesis of cholesterol glycoconjugates for targeted liposomal drug delivery

2019

Journal Article

Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545

Modhiran, Naphak, Gandhi, Neha S., Wimmer, Norbert, Cheung, Stacey, Stacey, Katryn, Young, Paul R., Ferro, Vito and Watterson, Daniel (2019). Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545. Antiviral Research, 168, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.05.004

Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545

2019

Journal Article

PG545 treatment reduces RRV-induced elevations of AST, ALT with secondary lymphoid organ alterations in C57BL/6 mice

Supramaniam, Aroon, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Rudd, Penny A., Webster, Julie, Ferro, Vito and Herrero, Lara J. (2019). PG545 treatment reduces RRV-induced elevations of AST, ALT with secondary lymphoid organ alterations in C57BL/6 mice. PLoS ONE, 14 (6) e0217998, e0217998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217998

PG545 treatment reduces RRV-induced elevations of AST, ALT with secondary lymphoid organ alterations in C57BL/6 mice

2019

Journal Article

In vitro enzymatic digestibility of glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles in lysozyme solution and their applicability in pulmonary drug delivery

Islam, Nazrul, Wang, Hui, Maqbool, Faheem and Ferro, Vito (2019). In vitro enzymatic digestibility of glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles in lysozyme solution and their applicability in pulmonary drug delivery. Molecules, 24 (7) 1271, 1271. doi: 10.3390/molecules24071271

In vitro enzymatic digestibility of glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles in lysozyme solution and their applicability in pulmonary drug delivery

2019

Journal Article

Cross-species analysis of glycosaminoglycan binding proteins reveals some animal models are “more equal” than others

Boittier, Eric, Gandhi, Neha, Ferro, Vito and Coombe, Deirdre (2019). Cross-species analysis of glycosaminoglycan binding proteins reveals some animal models are “more equal” than others. Molecules, 24 (5) 924, 924. doi: 10.3390/molecules24050924

Cross-species analysis of glycosaminoglycan binding proteins reveals some animal models are “more equal” than others