Plumbagin is a novel GPX4 protein degrader that induces apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

L Yao, D Yan, B Jiang, Q Xue, X Chen, Q Huang… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, remains a
global health challenge requiring novel and effective therapeutic agents and approaches. …

[HTML][HTML] Broad spectrum deubiquitinase inhibition induces both apoptosis and ferroptosis in cancer cells

L Yang, X Chen, Q Yang, J Chen, Q Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Proteasomal deubiquitinase (DUB) inhibition has been found to be effective in experimental
cancer therapy by inducing proteasome inhibition and apoptosis. Ferroptosis is a form of …

The deubiquitinating enzyme STAMBP is a newly discovered driver of triple-negative breast cancer progression that maintains RAI14 protein stability

Q Yang, D Yan, C Zou, Q Xue, S Lin, Q Huang… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous malignancy in women. It is associated
with poor prognosis, aggressive malignant behavior, and limited treatment options. In …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of proteasomal deubiquitinase by silver complex induces apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells

X Chen, Q Yang, J Chen, P Zhang, Q Huang… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2018 - karger.com
Background/Aims: The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is responsible for the degradation
of most intracellular proteins, and proteasomal deubiquitinases (DUBs) have recently been …

Regulation of Bax-dependent apoptosis by mitochondrial deubiquitinase USP30

D Yan, X Li, Q Yang, Q Huang, L Yao, P Zhang… - Cell death …, 2021 - nature.com
Deubiquitinates (DUBs) have been suggested as novel promising targets for cancer therapies.
Accumulating experimental evidence suggests that some metal compounds have the …

A new gold (I) complex-Au (PPh3) PT is a deubiquitinase inhibitor and inhibits tumor growth

X Li, Q Huang, H Long, P Zhang, H Su, J Liu - EBioMedicine, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is integral to cell survival by maintaining
protein homeostasis, and its dysfunction has been linked to cancer and several other human …

Short term exposure to bilirubin induces encephalopathy similar to Alzheimer's disease in late life

…, J Xu, L Yao, Y Li, Y Tan, X Li, Q Huang… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Hyperbilirubinemia may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) but its mechanistic role
in AD pathogenesis remains obscure. Here, we used animal models to investigate the short…

Single-cell transcriptomics dissects the transcriptome alterations of hematopoietic stem cells in myelodysplastic neoplasms

X Zeng, Y Wang, M Dai, W Li, Q Huang, L Qin… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Background Myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) are myeloid neoplasms characterized by
disordered differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and a predisposition to acute myeloid …

[HTML][HTML] Bilirubin inhibits the anticancer activity of sorafenib by blocking MCL-1 degradation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

…, Y Hao, J Chen, Q Xue, X Li, Q Huang… - Cancer Biology & …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Sorafenib is a first-line drug for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Unfortunately, most patients with HCC do not respond to sorafenib, mainly because of the frequent …

Investigation of the allergenicity of β-lactoglobulin and its cleavage fragments

Q Huang, JW Coleman, DR Stanworth - International Archives of …, 1985 - karger.com
Fragments of β-lactoglobulin were produced by proteolytic cleavage with trypsin, and
chemical cleavage with cyanogen bromide, followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50. The …