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Recent publications (core staff in bold)

  1. Wang W, Ranjan A, Zhang W, Liang Q, MacMillan KS, Chapman K, Wang X, Chandrasekaran P, Williams NS, Rosenbaum DM, De Brabander JK. Novel orexin receptor agonists based on arene- or pyridine-fused 1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazole-2-imines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett2024 Feb 1;99: 129624 PubMed PMID: 38272190.
  2. Prakasam G, Mishra A, Christie A, Miyata J, Carrillo D, Tcheuyap VT, Ye H, Do QN, Wang Y, Reig Torras O, Butti R, Zhong H, Gagan J, Jones KB, Carroll TJ, Modrusan Z, Durinck S, Requena-Komuro MC, Williams NS, Pedrosa I, Wang T, Rakheja D, Kapur P, Brugarolas J. Comparative genomics incorporating translocation renal cell carcinoma mouse model reveals molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis. J Clin Invest2024 Feb 22;134(7) PMCID: PMC10977987.
  3. Tripathi AK, Desai PP, Tyagi A, Lampe JB, Srivastava Y, Donkor M, Jones HP, Dzyuba SV, Crossley E, Williams NS, Vishwanatha JK. Short peptides based on the conserved regions of MIEN1 protein exhibit anticancer activity by targeting the MIEN1 signaling pathway. J Biol Chem2024 Mar;300(3):105680 PMCID: PMC10878790
  4. Dos Santos IL, Mitchell M, Nogueira PAS, Lafita-Navarro MC, Perez-Castro L, Eriom J, Kilgore JA, Williams NS, Guo L, Xu L, Conacci-Sorrell M. Targeting of neuroblastoma cells through Kynurenine-AHR pathway inhibition. FEBS J2024 May;291(10):2172-2190 PMID:38431776.
  5. Rodrigues M, Sabaeifard P, Yildiz MS, Lyon A, Coughlin L, Ahmed S, Poulides N, Toprak AC, Behrendt C, Wang X, Monogue M, Kim J, Gan S, Zhan X, Filkins L, Williams NS, Hooper LV, Koh AY, Toprak E. Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance. Cell Host Microbe2024 Mar 13;32(3):396-410 PMCID: PMC10942764.
  6. Rosenthal ZC, Fass DM, Payne NC, She A, Patnaik D, Hennig KM, Tesla R, Werthmann GC, Guhl C, Reis SA, Wang X, Chen Y, Placzek M, Williams NS, Hooker J, Herz J, Mazitschek R, Haggarty SJ. Epigenetic modulation through BET bromodomain inhibitors as a novel therapeutic strategy for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia. Sci Rep2024 Apr 20;14(1):9064 PMCID: PMC11032351.
  7. Venkateswaran N, Garcia R, Lafita-Navarro MC, Hao YH, Perez-Castro L, Nogueira PAS, Solmonson A, Mender I, Kilgore JA, Fang S, Brown IN, Li L, Parks E, Lopes Dos Santos I, Bhaskar M, Kim J, Jia Y, Lemoff A, Grishin NV, Kinch L, Xu L, Williams NS, Shay JW, DeBerardinis RJ, Zhu H, Conacci-Sorrell M. Tryptophan fuels MYC-dependent liver tumorigenesis through indole 3-pyruvate synthesis. Nat Commun2024 May 20;15(1):4266PMCID: PMC11106337.
  8. Rodriguez LA 2nd, Casey E, Crossley E, Williams N, Dhaher YY. The hormonal profile in women using oral contraceptives is not as stable as previously thought: a temporal analysis of serum endogenous and exogenous hormones. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab2024 Jul 1;327(1):E121-E133.PubMed PMID: 38775726.
  9. Wang HY, Nguyen TP, Sternisha AC, Carroll CL, Cross B, Morlock L, Williams NS, McBrayer S, Nijhawan D, De Brabander JK. Discovery and Optimization of N-Arylated Tetracyclic Dicarboximides That Target Primary Glioma Stem-like Cells. J Med Chem.2024 Jun 13;67(11):9277-9301. PMID: 38804887.
  10. Theodoropoulos PC, Guo HH, Wang W, Crossley E, Rivera Cancel G, Fang M, Nguyen T, Baniasadi H, Williams NS, Ready JM, De Brabander JK, Nijhawan D. Thiophenyl Derivatives of Nicotinamide Are Metabolized by the NAD Salvage Pathway into Unnatural NAD Derivatives That Inhibit IMPDH and Are Toxic to Peripheral Nerve Cancers. ACS Chem Biol2024 Jun 21;19(6):1339-1350. PMID: 38829020.