2023 Publications
- Nguyen TP, Wang W, Sternisha AC, Corley CD, Wang HL, Wang X, Ortiz F, Lim SK, Abdullah KG, Parada LF, Williams NS, McBrayer SK, McDonald JG, De Brabander JK, Nijhawan D. Selective and brain-penetrant lanosterol synthase inhibitors target glioma stem-like cells by inducing 24(S),25-epoxycholesterol production. Cell Chem Biol. 2023 Feb 16;30(2):214-229. PMCID: PMC10008516.
- Ahmed MS, Farag AB, Boys IN, Wang P, Menendez-Montes I, Nguyen NUN, Eitson JL, Ohlson MB, Fan W, McDougal MB, Mar K, Thet S, Ortiz F, Kim SY, Solmonson A, Williams NS, Lemoff A, DeBerardinis RJ, Schoggins JW, Sadek HA. FDA approved drugs with antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2: From structure-based repurposing to host-specific mechanisms. Biomed Pharmacother. 2023 Jun;162:114614. PMCID: PMC10043961.
- Sun Y, Ranjan A, Tisdale R, Ma SC, Park S, Haire M, Heu J, Morairty SR, Wang X, Rosenbaum DM, Williams NS, De Brabander JK, Kilduff TS. Evaluation of the efficacy of the hypocretin/orexin receptor agonists TAK-925 and ARN-776 in narcoleptic orexin/tTA; TetO-DTA mice. J Sleep Res. 2023 Feb 20:e13839. PMCID: PMC10356740.
- Frank AR, Li V, Shelton SD, Kim J, Stott GM, Neckers LM, Xie Y, Williams NS, Mishra P, McFadden DG. Mitochondrial-encoded complex I impairment induces a targetable dependency on aerobic fermentation in Hurthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid. Cancer Discov. 2023 Jun 1;. 13(8):1884-1903. PMCID: PMC10356740
- Wang J, Su X, Jiang L, Boudreau MW, Chatkewitz LE, Kilgore JA, Zahid KR, Williams NS, Chen Y, Liu S, Hergenrother PJ, Huang X. Augmented Concentration of Isopentyl-Deoxynyboquinone in Tumors Selectively Kills NAD(P)H Quinone Oxidoreductase 1-Positive Cancer Cells through Programmed Necrotic and Apoptotic Mechanisms. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 14;15(24):5844. PMCID: PMC10741405
- Lu Y, You L, Li L, Kilgore JA, Liu S, Wang X, Dai Y, Wei Q, Shi H, Han L, Sun L, Chen ZJ, Zhang X, Williams NS, Chen C. Orthogonal Hydroxyl Functionalization of cGAMP Confers Metabolic Stability and Enables Antibody Conjugation. ACS Cent Sci.2023 Dec 27;9(12):2298-2305. PMCID: PMC10755847.