Glycopolymers against pathogen infection

UIM Gerling-Driessen, M Hoffmann… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites continue to shape our lives in
profound ways every day. As we have learned to live in parallel with pathogens, we have …

Carbohydrate supramolecular chemistry: Beyond the multivalent effect

M González-Cuesta, CO Mellet… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
It has been amply constated that sugar ligand multivalency increases lectin-binding avidities
dramatically, thereby modulating the capacity of carbohydrates to participate in …

Antiviral polymers: past approaches and future possibilities

RH Bianculli, JD Mase, MD Schulz - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Treating a viral disease is no simple feat. Drug resistance, latent reservoirs in the body,
emerging novel viruses, and a frequent lack of specific treatments all complicate antiviral …

Romp-based glycopolymers with high affinity for mannose-binding lectins

C Gonnot, M Scalabrini, B Roubinet, C Ziane… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Well-defined, highly reactive poly (norbornenyl azlactone) s of controlled length (number-
average degree of polymerization DP n¯= 10 to 1,000) were made by ring-opening …

Multivalent effect in glycosidase inhibition: The end of the beginning

P Compain - The Chemical Record, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosidases are ubiquitous enzymes involved in a diversity of key biological processes
such as energy uptake or cell wall degradation. The design of specific glycosidase inhibitors …

Phosphorus Dendrimers for Metal‐Free Ligation: Design of Multivalent Pharmacological Chaperones against Gaucher Disease

ML Tran, M Borie‐Guichot, V Garcia… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The first phosphorus dendrimers built on a cyclotriphosphazene core and decorated with six
or twelve monofluorocyclooctyne units were prepared. A simple stirring allowed the grafting …

Polyvalent Transition‐State Analogues of Sialyl Substrates Strongly Inhibit Bacterial Sialidases

C Assailly, C Bridot, A Saumonneau… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial sialidases (SA) are validated drug targets expressed by common human
pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Vibrio cholerae, or Clostridium perfringens …

Divalent oseltamivir analogues as potent influenza neuraminidase inhibitors

ZL Yan, AY Liu, XX Wei, Z Zhang, L Qin, Q Yu, P Yu… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
A panel of divalent oseltamivir and guanidino oseltamivir analogues with esterification on
the carboxyl acid group as potent inhibitors of influenza virus neuraminidase was prepared …

Galf-Specific Neolectins: Towards Promising Diagnostic Tools

M Seničar, B Roubinet, P Lafite, L Legentil… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the absence of naturally available galactofuranose-specific lectin, we report herein the
bioengineering of Gal f NeoLect, from the first cloned wild-type galactofuranosidase …

Impedimetric Characterization of NanA Structural Domains Activity on Sialoside-Containing Interfaces

I Alshanski, S Toraskar, K Mor, F Daligault, P Jain… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogenic bacterium that contains the surface-bound
neuraminidase, NanA. NanA has two domains that interact with sialosides. It is hard to …