Published in Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
The antioxidant response element (ARE) and its transcription factor, nuclear factor-erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2), are potential targets for cancer chemoprevention. We sought to screen small molecules synthesized with combinatorial chemistry for activation of ARE. By high-throughput screening of 9400 small molecules from 10 combinatorial ...
Published in Biomaterials
Paclitaxel (PTX) is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of a variety of cancers. However, it is associated with serious side effects caused by PTX itself and the Cremophor EL emulsifier. In the present study, we report the development of a well-defined amphiphilic linear-dendritic copolymer (named as telodendrimer) co...
Published in Analytical Chemistry
We explored two macromolecular scaffolds, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), as chemically complementary platforms for immobilizing small molecule compounds on functionalized glass slides. We conjugated biotin molecules to BSA and amine-derivatized PVA and subsequently immobilized the conjugates on epoxy-functionalized glass sl...
Published in Cancer Biology & Therapy
Published in Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry
The one-bead one-compound (OBOC) combinatorial library method enables the rapid generation and screening of millions of discrete chemical compounds on beads. Most of the OBOC screening methods require the library compounds to remain tethered to the bead during screening process. Methods have also been developed to release library compounds from imm...
Published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Published in European Journal of Pharmacology
Inhibition of the alpha4 subunit of both the alpha4beta1 and alpha4beta7 integrins has shown promise in decreasing airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness in various animal models. We hypothesized that a novel, high-affinity alpha4beta1 antagonist (LLP2A) would decrease the migration of eosinophils to the lung and ameliorate the airway h...
Published in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
We studied the effect of fluorescently labeling proteins on protein-ligand reactions. Unlabeled ligands (streptavidin-binding peptides and rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) as antigen targets) are immobilized on epoxy-functionalized glass slides. Unlabeled and Cy3-labeled protein probes from the same batch (streptavidin and goat antibodies) subsequentl...
Published in Journal of proteome research
Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose in women because symptoms of the disease are often not noticed until the disease has progressed to an advanced untreatable stage. Although a serum test, CA125, is currently available to assist with monitoring treatment of ovarian cancer, this test lacks the necessary specificity and sensitivity for early dete...
Published in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
PurposePatients with glioblastoma usually have a very poor prognosis. Even with a combination of radiotherapy plus temozolomide, the median survival of these patients is only 14.6 months. New treatment approaches to this cancer are needed. Our purpose is to develop new cell surface-binding ligands for glioblastoma cells and use them as targeted ima...
