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Salvatore Ferla

Swansea University
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Risk factors for clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease: a case‐control study of an Italian population

…, ML Bonatti, F Girotti, F Carella, B Tavolato, S Ferla… - Neurology, 1986 - AAN Enterprises
We conducted a case-control study of 116 patients with the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) in seven Italian centers. One hundred sixteen hospital controls and 97 …

Polyfluorinated groups in medicinal chemistry

M Bassetto, S Ferla, F Pertusati - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2015 - Future Science
Introduction of novel and diverse functional groups in drug discovery is always seen with
hesitancy until good activity and low toxicity characteristics are proven. The introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] A novel interaction between dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 and the NS4A-2K-4B precursor is required for viral RNA replication but not for formation of …

…, CJ Neufeldt, M Cortese, B Cerikan, S Ferla… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Dengue virus (DENV) has emerged as major human pathogen. Despite the serious socio-economic
impact of DENV-associated diseases, antiviral therapy is missing. DENV replicates …

[HTML][HTML] Design and synthesis of novel bicalutamide and enzalutamide derivatives as antiproliferative agents for the treatment of prostate cancer

M Bassetto, S Ferla, F Pertusati, S Kandil… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the major causes of male death worldwide and the development
of new and more potent anti-PC compounds is a constant requirement. Among the …

Quercetin derivatives as novel antihypertensive agents: Synthesis and physiological characterization

…, L Scrivano, AM Quintieri, P Cantafio, S Ferla… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The antihypertensive flavonol quercetin (Q1) is endowed with a cardioprotective effect
against myocardial ischemic damage. Q1 inhibits angiotensin converting enzyme activity, …

Networks of enzymatically oxidized membrane lipids support calcium-dependent coagulation factor binding to maintain hemostasis

…, JE Molhoek, S Rannikko, VJ Tyrrell, S Ferla… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Blood coagulation functions as part of the innate immune system by preventing bacterial
invasion, and it is critical to stopping blood loss (hemostasis). Coagulation involves the external …

Discovery of novel multi-target indole-based derivatives as potent and selective inhibitors of chikungunya virus replication

…, C Schiraldi, L Delang, A Massa, S Ferla… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
We recently identified indole derivatives (IIIe and IIIf) with anti-chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
activities at lower micro molar concentrations and a selective index of inhibition higher than the …

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 6-Substituted Thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine Analogues as Dual Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Kinase and Microtubule …

…, LC Lopez-Cara, A Brancale, S Ferla… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The clinical evidence for the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in combination with
microtubule-targeting agents prompted us to design and develop single agents that possess both …

[HTML][HTML] Combining bioinformatics, cheminformatics, functional genomics and whole organism approaches for identifying epigenetic drug targets in Schistosoma …

G Padalino, S Ferla, A Brancale, IW Chalmers… - International Journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Schistosomiasis endangers the lives of greater than 200 million people every year and is
predominantly controlled by a single class chemotherapy, praziquantel (PZQ). Development of …

Monoamine oxidase (MAO-N) biocatalyzed synthesis of indoles from indolines prepared via photocatalytic cyclization/arylative dearomatization

F Zhao, D Masci, S Ferla, C Varricchio, A Brancale… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biocatalytic aromatization of indolines into indole derivatives exploiting monoamine
oxidase (MAO-N) enzymes is presented. Indoline substrates were prepared via photocatalytic …