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Nikolay E. Nifantiev

Nikolay E. Nifantiev

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Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
10765
World Ranking
14685
National Ranking
53

Overview

Nikolay E. Nifantiev is affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their research spans several domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of study addressing specific aspects of their work are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Aquatic Science
  • Epidemiology
  • Immunology

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Nikolay E. Nifantiev has published extensively, with frequent contributions to various scientific journals. The main venues where their work appears are:

  • Russian Chemical Bulletin
  • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Marine Drugs
  • Molecules
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Biotinylated Oligo-α-(1 → 4)-d-galactosamines and Their N-Acetylated Derivatives: α-Stereoselective Synthesis and Immunology Application" (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Fucoidans of Brown Algae: Comparison of Sulfated Polysaccharides from Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum" (2022), Marine Drugs
  • "Gausemycins A,B: Cyclic Lipoglycopeptides fromStreptomycessp." (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Perspectives for the Use of Fucoidans in Clinical Oncology" (2022), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Potential of Chemically Synthesized Oligosaccharides To Define the Carbohydrate Moieties of the Fungal Cell Wall Responsible for the Human Immune Response, Using Aspergillus fumigatus Galactomannan as a Model" (2020), mSphere

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Vadim B. Krylov
  • Dmitry V. Yashunsky
  • Nadezhda E. Ustyuzhanina
  • Yury E. Tsvetkov
  • Maria I. Bilan

Best Publications

  • A comparative study of the anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, antiangiogenic, and antiadhesive activities of nine different fucoidans from brown seaweeds

    Albana Cumashi;Natalia A. Ushakova;Marina E. Preobrazhenskaya;Armida D'Incecco

  • Structure of a fucoidan from the brown seaweed Fucus evanescens C.Ag.

    Maria I Bilan;Alexey A Grachev;Nadezhda E Ustuzhanina;Alexander S Shashkov

  • Structure of a fucoidan from the brown seaweed Fucus serratus L.

    Maria I. Bilan;Alexey A. Grachev;Alexander S. Shashkov;Nikolay E. Nifantiev

  • A highly regular fraction of a fucoidan from the brown seaweed Fucus distichus L.

    Maria I Bilan;Alexey A Grachev;Nadezhda E Ustuzhanina;Alexander S Shashkov

  • Organic and hybrid molecular systems

    Valentine P. Ananikov;Elena A. Khokhlova;Mikhail P. Egorov;Alexey M. Sakharov

  • Further studies on the composition and structure of a fucoidan preparation from the brown alga Saccharina latissima

    Maria I. Bilan;Alexey A. Grachev;Alexander S. Shashkov;Maeve Kelly

  • Antibody to a conserved antigenic target is protective against diverse prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens

    Colette Cywes-Bentley;David Skurnik;Tanweer Zaidi;Damien Roux

  • Design of α-Selective Glycopyranosyl Donors Relying on Remote Anchimeric Assistance.

    Bozhena S. Komarova;Yury E. Tsvetkov;Nikolay E. Nifantiev

  • Fucans, but not fucomannoglucuronans, determine the biological activities of sulfated polysaccharides from Laminaria saccharina brown seaweed

    Diego O. Croci;Albana Cumashi;Natalia A. Ushakova;Marina E. Preobrazhenskaya

  • Identification of Glycosyltransferase 8 Family Members as Xylosyltransferases Acting on O-Glucosylated Notch Epidermal Growth Factor Repeats

    Maya K. Sethi;Falk F. R. Buettner;Falk F. R. Buettner;Vadim B. Krylov;Hideyuki Takeuchi

  • Challenges in the development of organic and hybrid molecular systems

    Valentine P. Ananikov;Konstantin I. Galkin;Mikhail P. Egorov;Alexey M. Sakharov

  • Fucoidans: Pro- or antiangiogenic agents?

    Nadezhda E Ustyuzhanina;Maria I Bilan;Natalia A Ushakova;Anatolii I Usov

  • Organic and hybrid systems: from science to practice

    Valentine P. Ananikov;Dmitry B. Eremin;Sergey A. Yakukhnov;Alexander D. Dilman

  • Synthesis and molecular recognition studies of the HNK-1 trisaccharide and related oligosaccharides. The specificity of monoclonal anti-HNK-1 antibodies as assessed by surface plasmon resonance and STD NMR.

    Yury E. Tsvetkov;Monika Burg-Roderfeld;Gabriele Loers;Ana Ardá

  • Study of glycosylation with N-trichloroacetyl-D-glucosamine derivatives in the syntheses of the spacer-armed pentasaccharides sialyl lacto-N-neotetraose and sialyl lacto-N-tetraose, their fragments, and analogues.

    Andrei A. Sherman;Olga N. Yudina;Yury V. Mironov;Elena V. Sukhova

  • Is an acyl group at O-3 in glucosyl donors able to control α-stereoselectivity of glycosylation? The role of conformational mobility and the protecting group at O-6

    Bozhena S. Komarova;Maria V. Orekhova;Yury E. Tsvetkov;Nikolay E. Nifantiev

  • Molecular Cloning of a Xylosyltransferase that Transfers the Second Xylose to O-Glucosylated Epidermal Growth Factor Repeats of Notch

    Maya K. Sethi;Falk F.R. Buettner;Angel Ashikov;Vadim B. Krylov

  • GlycoChip: multiarray for the study of carbohydrate-binding proteins.

    O. E. Galanina;M. Mecklenburg;N. E. Nifantiev;G. V. Pazynina

  • Influence of Fucoidans on Hemostatic System

    Nadezhda E. Ustyuzhanina;Natalia A. Ushakova;Ksenia A. Zyuzina;Maria I. Bilan

  • Synthesis of a Pentasaccharide and Neoglycoconjugates Related to Fungal α-(1→3)-Glucan and Their Use in the Generation of Antibodies to Trace Aspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall

    Bozhena S. Komarova;Maria V. Orekhova;Yury E. Tsvetkov;Remi Beau

  • Structural characterization of fucosylated chondroitin sulfates from sea cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus and Actinopyga mauritiana.

    Nadezhda E. Ustyuzhanina;Maria I. Bilan;Andrey S. Dmitrenok;Eugenia A. Tsvetkova

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander S. Shashkov
Alexander S. Shashkov Russian Academy of Sciences
Gerald B. Pier
Gerald B. Pier Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jean-Paul Latgé
Jean-Paul Latgé University of Crete
Gabriel A. Rabinovich
Gabriel A. Rabinovich Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute
Valentine P. Ananikov
Valentine P. Ananikov Russian Academy of Sciences
Leonid M. Kustov
Leonid M. Kustov Russian Academy of Sciences
Nicolai V. Bovin
Nicolai V. Bovin Russian Academy of Sciences
Anne Imberty
Anne Imberty Grenoble Alpes University
Robert S. Haltiwanger
Robert S. Haltiwanger University of Georgia
Otto Holst
Otto Holst Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences

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