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Stefano Moro

Stefano Moro

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
17599
World Ranking
5569
National Ranking
115

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
17669
World Ranking
6338
National Ranking
148

Overview

Stefano Moro is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Infectious Diseases, Physiology, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research primarily focuses on Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Stefano Moro has published papers in numerous scientific journals. Frequent venues of publication include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, ChemMedChem, Molecules, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefano Moro include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro mutations selected in a VSV-based system confer resistance to nirmatrelvir, ensitrelvir, and GC376 (2022), Science Translational Medicine
  • A High-Throughput Screening Identifies MICU1 Targeting Compounds (2020), Cell Reports
  • Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on Computer-Aided Drug Design Methodologies (2023), Molecules
  • The rise of molecular simulations in fragment-based drug design (FBDD): an overview (2020), Drug Discovery Today
  • Supervised Molecular Dynamics (SuMD) Insights into the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor PF-07321332 (2021), Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry

Stefano Moro has collaborated with several frequent co-authors including Mattia Sturlese, Matteo Pavan, Davide Bassani, Giovanni Bolcato, and Stephanie Federico.

Best Publications

  • Medicinal Chemistry and the Molecular Operating Environment (MOE): Application of QSAR and Molecular Docking to Drug Discovery

    Santiago Vilar;Giorgio Cozza;Stefano Moro

  • Bridging Molecular Docking to Molecular Dynamics in Exploring Ligand-Protein Recognition Process: An Overview.

    Veronica Salmaso;Stefano Moro

  • FAM/USP9x, a Deubiquitinating Enzyme Essential for TGFβ Signaling, Controls Smad4 Monoubiquitination

    Sirio Dupont;Anant Mamidi;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Marco Montagner

  • The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a multimer that can include a dominant-negative pore-forming subunit.

    Anna Raffaello;Diego De Stefani;Davide Sabbadin;Enrico Teardo

  • Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin attenuate microglia inflammatory response via TLR4/NF-kB pathway.

    Morena Zusso;Valentina Lunardi;Davide Franceschini;Andrea Pagetta

  • Synthesis, CoMFA analysis, and receptor docking of 3,5-diacyl-2, 4-dialkylpyridine derivatives as selective A3 adenosine receptor antagonists.

    An-Hu Li;Stefano Moro;Nancy Forsyth;Neli Melman

  • DNA Binding Site Selection of Dimeric and Tetrameric Stat5 Proteins Reveals a Large Repertoire of Divergent Tetrameric Stat5a Binding Sites

    Elisabetta Soldaini;Susan John;Stefano Moro;Julie Bollenbacher

  • USP15 is a deubiquitylating enzyme for receptor-activated SMADs

    Masafumi Inui;Andrea Manfrin;Anant Mamidi;Graziano Martello

  • Toward the rational design of protein kinase casein kinase-2 inhibitors.

    Stefania Sarno;Stefano Moro;Flavio Meggio;Giuseppe Zagotto

  • Progress in the pursuit of therapeutic adenosine receptor antagonists.

    Stefano Moro;Zhan-Guo Gao;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Giampiero Spalluto

  • Human P2Y1 Receptor: Molecular Modeling and Site-Directed Mutagenesis as Tools To Identify Agonist and Antagonist Recognition Sites

    Stefano Moro;Danping Guo;Emidio Camaioni;José L. Boyer

  • Identification of ellagic acid as potent inhibitor of protein kinase CK2: a successful example of a virtual screening application.

    Giorgio Cozza;Paolo Bonvini;Elisa Zorzi;Giorgia Poletto

  • QUINALIZARIN AS A POTENT, SELECTIVE AND CELL PERMEABLE INHIBITOR OF PROTEIN KINASE CK2.

    Giorgio Cozza;Marco Mazzorana;Elena Papinutto;Jenny Bain

  • SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro mutations selected in a VSV-based system confer resistance to nirmatrelvir, ensitrelvir, and GC376

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  • The Role of Amino Acids in Extracellular Loops of the Human P2Y1 Receptor in Surface Expression and Activation Processes

    Carsten Hoffmann;Stefano Moro;Robert A. Nicholas;T. Kendall Harden

  • Structure−Activity Relationships and Molecular Modeling of 3,5-Diacyl-2,4-dialkylpyridine Derivatives as Selective A3 Adenosine Receptor Antagonists

    An-Hu Li;Stefano Moro;Neli Melman;Xiao-duo Ji

  • Hemolytic effects of water-soluble fullerene derivatives.

    Susanna Bosi;Luigi Feruglio;Tatiana Da Ros;Giampiero Spalluto

  • Coumarin as Attractive Casein Kinase 2 (CK2) Inhibitor Scaffold: An Integrate Approach To Elucidate the Putative Binding Motif and Explain Structure–Activity Relationships

    Adriana Chilin;Roberto Battistutta;Andrea Bortolato;Giorgio Cozza

  • Supervised Molecular Dynamics (SuMD) as a Helpful Tool To Depict GPCR–Ligand Recognition Pathway in a Nanosecond Time Scale

    Davide Sabbadin;Stefano Moro

  • Role of the extracellular loops of G protein-coupled receptors in ligand recognition: a molecular modeling study of the human P2Y1 receptor.

    Stefano Moro;Carsten Hoffmann;Kenneth A. Jacobson

  • Synthesis, biological activity, and molecular modeling of ribose-modified deoxyadenosine bisphosphate analogues as P2Y(1) receptor ligands.

    E Nandanan;S Y Jang;S Moro;H O Kim

  • Toward efficient Zn(II)-based artificial nucleases.

    Elisa Boseggia;Maddalena Gatos;Lorena Lucatello;Fabrizio Mancin

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Norbert Klotz
Karl-Norbert Klotz University of Würzburg
Kenneth A. Jacobson
Kenneth A. Jacobson National Institutes of Health
Lorenzo A. Pinna
Lorenzo A. Pinna University of Padua
Flavio Meggio
Flavio Meggio University of Padua
Stefania Sarno
Stefania Sarno University of Bologna
Katia Varani
Katia Varani University of Ferrara
Marcella Bonchio
Marcella Bonchio University of Padua
Yong Chul Kim
Yong Chul Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Pier Andrea Borea
Pier Andrea Borea University of Ferrara
Giuseppe Basso
Giuseppe Basso University of Padua

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