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2023

Journal Article

Siderophore conjugates to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Rayner, Beth, Verderosa, Anthony D., Ferro, Vito and Blaskovich, Mark A. T. (2023). Siderophore conjugates to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 14 (5), 800-822. doi: 10.1039/d2md00465h

Siderophore conjugates to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

2023

Journal Article

Synthesis of uronic acid 1‐Azasugars as putative inhibitors of α‐Iduronidase, β‐glucuronidase and heparanase

Doherty, Gareth G., Ler, Geraldine Jia Ming, Wimmer, Norbert, Bernhardt, Paul V., Ashmus, Roger A., Vocadlo, David J., Armstrong, Zach W. B., Davies, Gideon J., Maccarana, Marco, Li, Jin-ping, Kayal, Yasmin and Ferro, Vito (2023). Synthesis of uronic acid 1‐Azasugars as putative inhibitors of α‐Iduronidase, β‐glucuronidase and heparanase. ChemBioChem, 24 (4) e202200619, 1-7. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202200619

Synthesis of uronic acid 1‐Azasugars as putative inhibitors of α‐Iduronidase, β‐glucuronidase and heparanase

2023

Conference Publication

A prohibitin-targeting drug modifies aspects of disease in a mouse model of Sanfilippo syndrome

Hemsley, Kim M., Beard, Helen, Doherty, Gareth G., Mubarokah, Siti, Nazri, Nazzmer and Ferro, Vito (2023). A prohibitin-targeting drug modifies aspects of disease in a mouse model of Sanfilippo syndrome. WORLDSymposiumTM 2023 19th Annual Research Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL United States, 22 - 26 February 2023. Waltham, MA United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2022.107145

A prohibitin-targeting drug modifies aspects of disease in a mouse model of Sanfilippo syndrome

2023

Book Chapter

An enzymatic activity assay for heparanase that is useful for evaluating clinically relevant inhibitors and studying kinetics

Hammond, Edward and Ferro, Vito (2023). An enzymatic activity assay for heparanase that is useful for evaluating clinically relevant inhibitors and studying kinetics. Methods in molecular biology. (pp. 227-238) edited by Nikos K. Karamanos. New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2946-8_16

An enzymatic activity assay for heparanase that is useful for evaluating clinically relevant inhibitors and studying kinetics

2022

Journal Article

Synthesis of a Gal-β-(1→4)-Gal disaccharide as a ligand for the fimbrial adhesin UcaD

Boittier, Eric D., Wimmer, Norbert, Harris, Alexandria K., Schembri, Mark A. and Ferro, Vito (2022). Synthesis of a Gal-β-(1→4)-Gal disaccharide as a ligand for the fimbrial adhesin UcaD. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 76 (1), 30-36. doi: 10.1071/ch22158

Synthesis of a Gal-β-(1→4)-Gal disaccharide as a ligand for the fimbrial adhesin UcaD

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) 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

Other Outputs

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 By Disrupting The Spike-ACE2 interaction

Guimond, Scott E., Mycroft-West, Courtney J., Gandhi, Neha S., Tree, Julia A., Le, Thuy T, Spalluto, C. Mirella, Humbert, Maria V., Buttigieg, Karen R., Coombes, Naomi, Elmore, Michael J., Nyström, Kristina, Said, Joanna, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Amarilla, Alberto A., Modhiran, Naphak, Sng, Julian D.J., Chhabra, Mohit, Young, Paul R., Lima, Marcelo A., A.Yates, Edwin, Karlsson, Richard, Miller, Rebecca L., Chen, Yen-Hsi, Bagdonaite, Ieva, Yang, Zhang, Stewart, James, Hammond, Edward, Dredge, Keith, Wilkinson, Tom M.A. ... Turnbull, Jeremy E. (2020). Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 By Disrupting The Spike-ACE2 interaction. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.24.169334

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 By Disrupting The Spike-ACE2 interaction