M. Sacco

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

M. Sacco is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Sacco has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in M. Sacco's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). M. Sacco is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). M. Sacco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Denmark. M. Sacco's co-authors include Yu Chen, Jun Wang, Yanmei Hu, Chunlong Ma, Julia A. Townsend, Michael T. Marty, Xiujun Zhang, Tommy Szeto, E. Bart Tarbet and Brett L. Hurst and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

M. Sacco

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Boceprevir, GC-376, and calpain inhibitors II, XII inhibit SARS-CoV-2 viral replication by targeting the viral main protease

2020 616 citations Chunlong Ma, M. Sacco et al. Cell Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Sacco United States	12	915	907	461	321	93	18	1.5k
Katharina Rox Germany	14	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 2.4×	585 1.8×	97 1.0×	36	2.8k
Muhammad Usman Mirza Pakistan	24	532 0.6×	621 0.7×	825 1.8×	251 0.8×	195 2.1×	52	1.9k
Julia A. Townsend United States	11	939 1.0×	953 1.1×	528 1.1×	353 1.1×	78 0.8×	18	1.6k
R. Jedrzejczak United States	24	699 0.8×	455 0.5×	1.3k 2.7×	188 0.6×	133 1.4×	62	2.5k
Reaz Uddin Pakistan	23	393 0.4×	440 0.5×	906 2.0×	638 2.0×	152 1.6×	88	2.0k
Keqiang Fan China	27	575 0.6×	389 0.4×	1.2k 2.5×	327 1.0×	64 0.7×	62	2.0k
Peter B. Madrid United States	26	740 0.8×	304 0.3×	659 1.4×	474 1.5×	282 3.0×	47	1.9k
Xinyuanyuan Sun Germany	8	1.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	918 2.0×	545 1.7×	84 0.9×	11	2.6k
Priyanka Sharma India	23	257 0.3×	327 0.4×	536 1.2×	232 0.7×	62 0.7×	97	1.5k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Sacco, M., Jesper J. Madsen, Xiujun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Staphylococcus aureus FtsZ and PBP4 bind to the conformationally dynamic N-terminal domain of GpsB. eLife. 13. 5 indexed citations

Tan, Bin, M. Sacco, Haozhou Tan, et al.. (2023). Exploring diverse reactive warheads for the design of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 259. 115667–115667. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Chunlong Ma, M. Sacco, et al.. (2023). Development of the Safe and Broad‐Spectrum Aldehyde and Ketoamide Mpro inhibitors Derived from the Constrained α, γ‐AA Peptide Scaffold. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(35). e202300476–e202300476. 2 indexed citations

Sacco, M., et al.. (2022). GpsB Coordinates Cell Division and Cell Surface Decoration by Wall Teichoic Acids in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0141322–e0141322. 18 indexed citations

Sacco, M., Shaohui Wang, Swamy R. Adapa, et al.. (2022). A unique class of Zn2+-binding serine-based PBPs underlies cephalosporin resistance and sporogenesis in Clostridioides difficile. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4370–4370. 19 indexed citations

Sacco, M., Xiujun Zhang, William F. Lawless, et al.. (2022). Structure-Based Ligand Design Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa LpxA in Lipid A Biosynthesis. ACS Infectious Diseases. 8(7). 1231–1240. 3 indexed citations

Kitamura, Naoya, M. Sacco, Chunlong Ma, et al.. (2021). Expedited Approach toward the Rational Design of Noncovalent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(4). 2848–2865. 112 indexed citations

Ma, Chunlong, Zilei Xia, M. Sacco, et al.. (2021). Discovery of Di- and Trihaloacetamides as Covalent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors with High Target Specificity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(49). 20697–20709. 106 indexed citations

Ma, Chunlong, M. Sacco, Zilei Xia, et al.. (2021). Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like Protease Inhibitors through a Combination of High-Throughput Screening and a FlipGFP-Based Reporter Assay. ACS Central Science. 7(7). 1245–1260. 143 indexed citations

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Xia, Zilei, M. Sacco, Yanmei Hu, et al.. (2021). Rational Design of Hybrid SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors Guided by the Superimposed Cocrystal Structures with the Peptidomimetic Inhibitors GC-376, Telaprevir, and Boceprevir. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 4(4). 1408–1421. 63 indexed citations

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Sacco, M., Chunlong Ma, Panagiotis Lagarias, et al.. (2020). Structure and inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease reveal strategy for developing dual inhibitors against M ^pro and cathepsin L. Science Advances. 6(50). 284 indexed citations

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Brzozowski, Robert, et al.. (2020). Interdependent YpsA- and YfhS-Mediated Cell Division and Cell Size Phenotypes in Bacillus subtilis. mSphere. 5(4). 6 indexed citations

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Ma, Chunlong, M. Sacco, Brett L. Hurst, et al.. (2020). Boceprevir, GC-376, and calpain inhibitors II, XII inhibit SARS-CoV-2 viral replication by targeting the viral main protease. Cell Research. 30(8). 678–692. 616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shapiro, Adam B., Janelle Comita-Prevoir, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2020). N-Hydroxyformamide LpxC inhibitors, their in vivo efficacy in a mouse Escherichia coli infection model, and their safety in a rat hemodynamic assay. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 28(24). 115826–115826. 16 indexed citations

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Durand-Réville, Thomas F., Janelle Comita-Prevoir, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2020). Discovery of an Orally Available Diazabicyclooctane Inhibitor (ETX0282) of Class A, C, and D Serine β-Lactamases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(21). 12511–12525. 49 indexed citations

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Sacco, M., Xiujun Zhang, Sophie E. Darch, et al.. (2019). Discovery of dual-activity small-molecule ligands of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LpxA and LpxD using SPR and X-ray crystallography. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15450–15450. 23 indexed citations

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Sacco, M., et al.. (2019). Influence of the α-Methoxy Group on the Reaction of Temocillin with Pseudomonas aeruginosa PBP3 and CTX-M-14 β-Lactamase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(1). 8 indexed citations

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Lollike, Karsten, et al.. (2017). Patient Drug Safety Reporting: Diabetes Patients’ Perceptions of Drug Safety and How to Improve Reporting of Adverse Events and Product Complaints. Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science. 52(2). 236–243.

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