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James Firth

University of York
Verified email at york.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

…, TD Downes, L Dunnett, M Fairhead, JD Firth… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, lacks effective therapeutics. Additionally, no antiviral
drugs or vaccines were developed against the closely related coronavirus, SARS-CoV-1 or …

Substratum surface topography alters cell shape and regulates fibronectin mRNA level, mRNA stability, secretion and assembly in human fibroblasts

L Chou, JD Firth, VJ Uitto… - Journal of cell …, 1995 - journals.biologists.com
The regulation of cell shape, fibronectin mRNA level, secretion and assembly by substratum
surface topography was investigated in early passage human gingival fibroblasts cultured …

Fusobacterium nucleatum Increases Collagenase 3 Production and Migration of Epithelial Cells

…, D Grenier, EE Putnins, A Kanervo, JD Firth - Infection and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fusobacterium nucleatum is closely associated with human periodontal diseases and may
also be a causative agent in other infections, such as pericarditis, septic arthritis, and …

Collagenase-3 (matrix metalloproteinase-13) expression is induced in oral mucosal epithelium during chronic inflammation.

…, N Johansson, EE Putnins, JD Firth… - The American journal …, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increased proliferation of mucosal epithelium during inflammation is associated with degradation
of subepithelial connective tissue matrix and local invasion of the epithelial cells. Here …

Doxycycline and chemically modified tetracyclines inhibit gelatinase A (MMP-2) gene expression in human skin keratinocytes.

VJ Uitto, JD Firth, L Nip, LM Golub - … of the New York Academy of …, 1994 - europepmc.org
The mechanism of tetracycline-induced inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) was
studied by measuring the MMP secretion and MMP-2 mRNA levels in unkeratinizing …

[HTML][HTML] A need for caution in the preparation and application of synthetically versatile aryl diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts

JD Firth, IJS Fairlamb - Organic Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since their discovery 1 in 1858, aryl diazonium salts have played a major role in organic
synthesis. They have been widely employed as precursors to diazo dyes 2 and synthetic …

An Experimental and in Situ IR Spectroscopic Study of the Lithiation–Substitution of N-Boc-2-phenylpyrrolidine and -piperidine: Controlling the Formation of …

NS Sheikh, D Leonori, G Barker, JD Firth… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A general and enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted 2-phenylpyrrolidines and -piperidines,
an important class of pharmaceutically relevant compounds that contain a quaternary …

Synthesis of Enantiopure Piperazines via Asymmetric Lithiation–Trapping of N-Boc Piperazines: Unexpected Role of the Electrophile and Distal N-Substituent

JD Firth, P O'Brien, L Ferris - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new method for the synthesis of enantiopure α-substituted piperazines via direct
functionalization of the intact piperazine ring is described. The approach utilizes the asymmetric …

[HTML][HTML] Design and Synthesis of 56 Shape‐Diverse 3D Fragments

…, MC Wheldon, M Atobe, PS Bond, JD Firth… - … (Weinheim an der …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fragment‐based drug discovery is now widely adopted for lead generation in the pharmaceutical
industry. However, fragment screening collections are often predominantly populated …

Reciprocal interactions between human ovarian surface epithelial cells and adjacent extracellular matrix

PA Kruk, VJ Uitto, JD Firth, S Dedhar… - Experimental cell …, 1994 - Elsevier
The human ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), or ovarian mesothelium, is functionally complex
as seen by its capacity to proliferate, migrate, and contribute to ovulation and ovulatory …