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2024, 'Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine mitochondrial uncouplers for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)', European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116916
,2024, 'Corrigendum to “Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of glucose metabolism inhibitors as anticancer agents” [Bioorg. Chem. 151 (2024) 107665] (Bioorganic Chemistry (2024) 151, (S0045206824005704), (10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107665))', Bioorganic Chemistry, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107725
,2024, 'Liver-Selective Imidazolopyrazine Mitochondrial Uncoupler SHD865 Reverses Adiposity and Glucose Intolerance in Mice', Diabetes, 73, pp. 374 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db23-0233
,2024, 'Beneficial effects of simultaneously targeting calorie intake and calorie efficiency in diet-induced obese mice', Clinical Science, 138, pp. 173 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/CS20231016
,2024, 'Head-to-head comparison of BAM15, semaglutide, rosiglitazone, NEN, and calorie restriction on metabolic physiology in female db/db mice', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166908
,2024, 'Immp2l Enhances the Structure and Function of Mitochondrial Gpd2 Dehydrogenase', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25020990
,2023, 'Oxadiazolopyridine Derivatives as Efficacious Mitochondrial Uncouplers in the Prevention of Diet-Induced Obesity', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66, pp. 3876 - 3895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01573
,2023, 'Targeting negative energy balance with calorie restriction and mitochondrial uncoupling in db/db mice', Molecular Metabolism, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101684
,2022, 'Investigating the Expression and Function of the Glucose Transporter GLUT6 in Obesity', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, pp. 9798, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23179798
,2021, 'Trained innate immunity, long-lasting epigenetic modulation, and skewed myelopoiesis by heme', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102698118
,2021, 'Breast cancer growth and proliferation is suppressed by the mitochondrial targeted furazano[3,4-b]pyrazine BAM15', CANCER & METABOLISM, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40170-021-00274-5
,2021, 'Targeted delivery of a phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ inhibitor to restore organ function in sepsis', EMBO Molecular Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114436
,2021, 'Mitochondrial uncoupler SHC517 reverses obesity in mice without affecting food intake', Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154724
,2020, 'Mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 reverses diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 2397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16298-2
,2020, 'Reduced Mrp2 surface availability as PI3Kγ-mediated hepatocytic dysfunction reflecting a hallmark of cholestasis in sepsis', Scientific Reports, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69901-3
,2020, 'Ether lipid and sphingolipid expression patterns are estrogen receptor-dependently altered in breast cancer cells', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2020.105834
,2020, '6-Amino[1,2,5]oxadiazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-5-ol Derivatives as Efficacious Mitochondrial Uncouplers in STAM Mouse Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63, pp. 6203 - 6224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00542
,2015, 'PI3K signaling in the pathogenesis of obesity: The cause and the cure', Advances in Biological Regulation, 58, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbior.2014.11.004
,2014, 'Combined inhibition of PI3Kβ and PI3Kγ reduces fat mass by enhancing α-MSH-dependent sympathetic drive', Science Signaling, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.2005485
,Preprints
2023, IMMP2L Peptidase Enhances the Structure and Function of Mitochondrial GPD2 Dehydrogenase., http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0505.v1
,2021, Targeted delivery of a phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ inhibitor to restore organ function in sepsis through dye-functionalized lipid nanocarriers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.20.427305
,2020, Ether lipid and sphingolipid expression patterns are G-protein coupled estrogen receptor 1-dependently altered in breast cancer cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.20.212894
,2019, Heme induces innate immune memory, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.12.874578
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