Nanotechnology for angiogenesis: opportunities and challenges

S Kargozar, F Baino, S Hamzehlou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Angiogenesis plays a critical role within the human body, from the early stages of life (ie,
embryonic development) to life-threatening diseases (eg, cancer, heart attack, stroke, wound …

Glycosaminoglycans and glycosaminoglycan mimetics in cancer and inflammation

S Morla - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a class of biomolecules expressed virtually on all
mammalian cells and usually covalently attached to proteins, forming proteoglycans. They …

Heparin/Heparan sulfate proteoglycans glycomic interactome in angiogenesis: biological implications and therapeutical use

P Chiodelli, A Bugatti, C Urbinati, M Rusnati - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis, the process of formation of new blood vessel from pre-existing ones, is
involved in various intertwined pathological processes including virus infection …

Functional role of inorganic trace elements in angiogenesis—Part II: Cr, Si, Zn, Cu, and S

MA Saghiri, A Asatourian, J Orangi… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Trace elements play critical roles in angiogenesis events. The effects of nitrogen, iron,
selenium, phosphorus, gold, and calcium were discussed in part I. In part II, we evaluated …

Glycosaminoglycans in cancer therapy

R Wieboldt, H Läubli - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are an important component of the tumor microenvironment
(TME). GAGs can interact with a variety of binding partners and thereby influence cancer …

Emerging sulfated flavonoids and other polyphenols as drugs: Nature as an inspiration

M Correia‐da‐Silva, E Sousa… - Medicinal research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nature uses sulfation of endogenous and exogenous molecules mainly to avoid potential
toxicity. The growing importance of natural sulfated molecules, as modulators of a number of …

Synthetic, non-saccharide, glycosaminoglycan mimetics selectively target colon cancer stem cells

NJ Patel, R Karuturi, RA Al-Horani… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Selective targeting of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) is a paradigm-shifting approach. We
hypothesized that CSCs can be targeted by interfering with functions of sulfated …

A molecular dynamics-based algorithm for evaluating the glycosaminoglycan mimicking potential of synthetic, homogenous, sulfated small molecules

B Nagarajan, NV Sankaranarayanan, BB Patel… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are key natural biopolymers that exhibit a range of biological
functions including growth and differentiation. Despite this multiplicity of function, natural …

Allosteric inhibition of human factor XIa: discovery of monosulfated benzofurans as a class of promising inhibitors

MD Argade, AY Mehta, A Sarkar… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Factor XIa (fXIa) is being recognized as a prime target for developing safer anticoagulants.
To discover synthetic, small, allosteric inhibitors of fXIa, we screened an in-house, unique …

HSV-1 interaction to 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate in mouse-derived DRG explant and profiles of inflammatory markers during virus infection

H Sharthiya, C Seng, TH Van Kuppevelt, V Tiwari… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The molecular mechanism of herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry and the associated
inflammatory response in the nervous system remain poorly understood. Using mouse …