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ReviewJournal of medicinal chemistry2023

Designing Smaller, Synthetic, Functional Mimetics of Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans as Allosteric Modulators of Coagulation Factors.

Elsamani I Abdelfadiel, Rama Gunta, Bharath Kumar Villuri, Daniel K Afosah, Nehru Viji Sankaranarayanan, Umesh R Desai

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Review in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Chemical Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Decasulfated Galloylglucopyranose Heparin Mimetic.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  6. Efficient Small-Molecule Reversal Agents for Anticoagulant Fondaparinux.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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  11. Biomimetic strategies for the deputization of proteoglycan functions.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elsamani I AbdelfadielInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.
Rama GuntaInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.
Bharath Kumar VilluriInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6257-1456
Daniel K AfosahInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5675-1127
Nehru Viji SankaranarayananInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.
Umesh R DesaiInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1976-6597
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Project 3: Role of Glycosaminoglycans in HematopoiesisP01HL151333 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI HOFFMEISTER, KARIN MARIA · 2021 to 2025
$12.3M
Glycans in Blood Homeostasis and DiseaseK12HL141954 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI DAHMS, NANCY M., DESAI, UMESH RAMANLAL · 2018 to 2022
$4.9M
Lead identification and pre-clinical studies on allosteric inhibitors of coagulation factor XIaR61HL161813 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, UMESH RAMANLAL · 2022 to 2023
$1.1M
Tool for Predicting Glycosaminoglycan Recognition of ProteinsU01CA241951 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, UMESH RAMANLAL · 2019 to 2021
$991k
Synthetic glycosaminoglycan mimetics as regulators of megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesisK99HL161423 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI AFOSAH, DANIEL KWAME · 2022 to 2023
$359k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA241951NHLBI NIH HHS K12 HL141954NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL161423NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL151333NHLBI NIH HHS R61 HL161813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are arguably the most diverse collection of natural products. Unfortunately, this bounty of structures remains untapped. Decades of research has realized only one GAG-like synthetic, small-molecule drug, fondaparinux. This represents an abysmal output because GAGs present a frontier that few medicinal chemists, and even fewer pharmaceutical companies, dare to undertake. GAGs are heterogeneous, polymeric, polydisperse, highly water soluble, synthetically challenging, too rapidly cleared, and difficult to analyze. Additionally, GAG binding to proteins is not very selective and GAG-binding sites are shallow. This Perspective attempts to transform this negative view into a much more promising one by highlighting recent advances in GAG mimetics. The Perspective focuses on the principles used in the design/discovery of drug-like, synthetic, sulfated small molecules as allosteric modulators of coagulation factors, such as antithrombin, thrombin, and factor XIa. These principles will also aid the design/discovery of sulfated agents against cancer, inflammation, and microbial infection.

Indexed as

GlycosaminoglycansSulfatesBinding SitesThrombinA73025GlycosaminoglycansSulfatesThrombin

Identifiers

PMID37001055
PMCPMC10108365
OpenAlexW4362458122

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Registered trials

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