Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are key toxins involved in local inflammatory reactions after snakebites. This study aimed to investigate the… Continue reading Leukocyte recruitment induced by snake venom metalloproteinases: Role of the catalytic domain
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Protein fibrous aggregation is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. To modulate the process, a number… Continue reading Crocein Orange G mediated detection and modulation of amyloid fibrillation revealed by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Intracellular proteolysis is attracting more and more attention for its unique and important character in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt). The ClpS protein from Mt (MtClpS)… Continue reading Recombinant expression, biophysical and functional characterization of ClpS from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Although it has been demonstrated that membrane proteins (MPs) require lipids to ensure their structural and functional integrity, details on… Continue reading Archaeal Glycolipid S-TGA-1 Is Crucial for Trimer Formation and Photocycle Activity of Bacteriorhodopsin
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
From extracts of the plant associated fungus Chaetosphaeronema achilleae collected in Iran, a previously unreported isoindolinone named chaetosisoindolinone (1) and a previously… Continue reading Cytotoxic, anti-biofilm and antimicrobial polyketides from the plant associated fungus Chaetosphaeronema achilleae
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
June 29, 2020
The chemical study on the heartwoods extract of Ventilago harmandiana (Rhamnaceae) resulted in the isolation of ten previously undescribed pyranonaphthoquinones (ventilanones A−J),… Continue reading Pyranonaphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives from Ventilago harmandiana and their potent anti-inflammatory activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
June 29, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
A mixture of pheophytins-a/a’, metal-free forms of photosynthetically active chlorophyll(Chl)s-a/a’ bearing the 132-methoxycarbonyl group, was substituted at the C132-position by… Continue reading Synthesis of chlorophyll-a homologs by C132-substitutions and their physico- and biochemical properties
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation is a non-canonical translation initiation event that occurs at nucleotide-repeat expansion mutations that are associated with… Continue reading High-throughput screening yields several small-molecule inhibitors of repeat-associated non-AUG translation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Glycoside hydrolase (GH) 87-type α-1,3-glucanase hydrolyses the α-1,3-glucoside linkages of α-1,3-glucan, which is found in fungal cell walls and extracellular… Continue reading Crystal structure of the catalytic unit of GH 87-type α-1,3-glucanase Agl-KA from Bacillus circulans
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Twelve undescribed sesquiterpenoids, fomitopins A–L (1–12), were isolated via bioassay-guided purification from the bracket fungus Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst, and this fungus have… Continue reading Bioassay-guided purification of sesquiterpenoids from the fruiting bodies of Fomitopsis pinicola and their anti-inflammatory activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
June 29, 2020
The use of biomolecules has been invaluable at generating and controlling optical chirality in nanomaterials; however, the structure and properties… Continue reading Chiral Restructuring of Peptide Enantiomers on Gold Nanomaterials
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Mimetic peptides are promising therapeutic agents for atherosclerosis prevention. A 10-residue class G* peptide from apolipoprotein J (apoJ), namely, D-[113–122]apoJ,… Continue reading Low-density lipoprotein aggregation is inhibited by apolipoprotein J-derived mimetic peptide D-[113–122]apoJ
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Natural light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) absorb a broad spectrum of sunlight using a collection of photosynthetic pigments whose spatial arrangement is… Continue reading Peptoid Helix Displaying Flavone and Porphyrin: Synthesis and Intramolecular Energy Transfer
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2 powder was synthesized using a sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray Diffraction, UV–vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, FTIR, EDX, Raman,… Continue reading Performance of Square and Trapezoidal photoreactors for solar hydrogen recovery from various industrial sulphide wastewater using CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
June 29, 2020
We have succeeded in significantly enhancing fluorescence from intrinsically phosphorescent palladium octaethylporphyrin (Pd-porphyrin) that has an intersystem crossing efficiency of… Continue reading Plasmonic Silver Nanoprism-Induced Emissive Mode Control between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of a Phosphorescent Palladium Porphyrin Derivative
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020