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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Strategies for the Development of Glycomimetic Drug Candidates.

Rachel Hevey

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Computational Pipeline for Accelerating the Design of Glycomimetics.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025
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  4. Preparation of ketonylScience advances · 2025
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  5. Expediting Glycospace Exploration: Therapeutic Glycans via Automated Synthesis.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  10. Assessing the Potential ofACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024
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  15. Obtaining PureThe Journal of organic chemistry · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel HeveyMolecular Pharmacy, Dept. Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. rachel.hevey@unibas.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-2649-3427
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbohydrates are a structurally-diverse group of natural products which play an important role in numerous biological processes, including immune regulation, infection, and cancer metastasis. Many diseases have been correlated with changes in the composition of cell-surface glycans, highlighting their potential as a therapeutic target. Unfortunately, native carbohydrates suffer from inherently weak binding affinities and poor pharmacokinetic properties. To enhance their usefulness as drug candidates, 'glycomimetics' have been developed: more drug-like compounds which mimic the structure and function of native carbohydrates. Approaches to improve binding affinities (e.g., deoxygenation, pre-organization) and pharmacokinetic properties (e.g., limiting metabolic degradation, improving permeability) have been highlighted in this review, accompanied by relevant examples. By utilizing these strategies, high-affinity ligands with optimized properties can be rationally designed and used to address therapies for novel carbohydrate-binding targets.

Indexed as

binding affinitycarbohydratedrug developmentglycomimeticlead optimizationlectin

Identifiers

PMID30978966
PMCPMC6631974
OpenAlexW2939138733

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