Glycoderivatives: drug candidates and molecular tools

The research project is focused on the development and the synthesis of glycoderivatives as potential drug candidates, for therapeutic use, and as molecular tools, for the study of biological processes. The project includes the study of SGLT1 (Sodium-Glucose co-transporter 1), its role in inflammatory processes and the development of potential carbohydrate-based anti-inflammatory agents. Furthermore, new glycoderivatives and glycoconjugates will be synthetized for other potential pharmacological applications such as the targeting of cytotoxic drugs, as novel potential anticancer agents, and for the development of molecular tools to study several biological phenomena.