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(86) Hess, J.D., Macias, L.H., Gutierrez, D.A., Moran-Santibanez, K., Contreras, L., Medina, S., Villanueva, P.J., Kirken, R.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Penichet, M.L., and Aguilera, R.J. (2022). Identification of a Unique Cytotoxic Thieno[2,3-c]Pyrazole Derivative with Potent and Selective Anticancer Effects In Vitro. Biology (Basel).
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(84) Tchounwou, P. B., Malouhi, M., Ofili, E. O., Fernández-Repollet, E., Sarpong, D. F., Yanagihara, R., Aguilera (2022). Research Infrastructure Core Facilities at Research Centers in Minority Institutions: Part I-Research Resources Management, Operation, and Best Practices. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 17;19(24):16979. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416979. press) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416979. PMCID: PMC9779820
(85) Huda, M.N., Deaguro, I.G., Borrego, EA, Kumar, R., Islam, T., Afrin, H., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Tanner, E.E.L.and Nurunnabi, M. (2022). Ionic Liquid-mediated delivery of a BCL-2 inhibitor for topical treatment of skin melanoma. J. Control Release (in press)
(84) Swain, R.M, Contreras, L., Varela-Ramirez , A., Hossain, M., Das, U., Valenzuela, C.A., Penichet, M.L., Dimmock, J.R., Aguilera, R.J. (2022). Two novel piperidones induce apoptosis and antiproliferative effects on human prostate and lymphoma cancer cell lines. Invest New Drugs. 2022 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s10637-022-01266-y. PMID: 35793039.
(83) Gutierrez DA, Contreras L, Villanueva PJ, Borrego EA, Morán-Santibańez K, Hess JD, DeJesus, R., Larragoity, M., Betancourt, A. P., Mohl, J. E., Robles-Escajeda, E., Begum, K., Roy, S., Kirken, R.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., and Aguilera R. J. (2022). Identification of a Potent Cytotoxic Pyrazole with Anti-Breast Cancer Activity That Alters Multiple Pathways. Cells 11(2):254. DOI:10.3390/cells11020254. PMC8773755
(82) Roayapalley, P.K., Dimmock, J.R., Contreras, L., Balderrama, K.S., Aguilera, R.J., Sakagami, H., Amano, S., Sharma, R.K., Das, U. (2021). Synthesis and tumour-selective toxicity of novel 1-[3-{3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidino Design }-3-oxopropyl]-4-piperidone oximes and related quaternary ammonium salts. Molecules. 2021;26(23). DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237132
(81) Contreras, L., Medina, S. Borrego, E.A., Schiaffino-Bustamante, Y., Valenzuela, Das,U., Karki, S.S., Dimmock, J. R. and Aguilera, R.J. (2021). Three novel piperidones exhibit tumor-selective cytotoxicity on leukemia cells via protein degradation and stress-mediated mechanisms. Pharmacological Reports (in press)
(80) Villanueva, P., Gutierrez, D.A., Contreras, L., Parra, K., Segura-Cabrera, A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J. (2021). The antimalarial drug pyronaridine inhibits topoisomerase II in breast cancer cells and hinders tumor progression in vivo. Clinical Cancer Drugs (in press)
(79) Upadhyay, N., Tilekar, Hess, J.D.,Pokrovsky, V.S., Aguilera, R.J., and Ramaa, C.S. (2021). Benefits and pitfalls: Epigenetic modulators in prostate cancer intervention. Curr. Res. Chem. Biol. (in press). DOI:10.1016/j.crchbi.2021.100006.
(78) Tilekar, K., Hess, J.D., Upadhyay, N., Lo Bianco, A., Schweipert, M., Laghezza, A., Loiodice, F., Meyer-Almes, F.J., Aguilera, R. J., Lavecchia, A. and Ramaa, C.S. (2021). Thiazolidinedione “Magic Bullets” Simultaneously Targeting PPAR? and HDACs: Design, Synthesis, and Investigations of their In Vitro and In Vivo Antitumor Effects. J. Med. Chem. (in press). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00491.
(77) Boyce, M. and Aguilera, R.J. (2021). Preparing for tenure at a research-intensive university. Bio. Med. Central Proceedings 15(suppl 2):14 available online at https://bmcproc.biomedcentral.com/ articles/10.1186/s12919-021-00221-8.
(76) Lakhani, K., Borrego, E.A., Cano, K.G., Dimmock, J.R., Aguilera, R.J., Das, S., Roayapalley, P.K., Sharma, R.K., Das, U. (2021). Design, Syntheses, and Bioevaluations of Some Novel N2-Acryloylbenzohydrazides as Chemostimulants and Cytotoxic Agents. Medicines. 2021; 8(6):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/ medicines8060027 D
(75) Boyce, M. and Aguilera, R.J. (2021). Preparing for tenure at a research-intensive university. BMC Proceedings 15(suppl 2):14 available online at https://bmcproc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12919-021-00221-8.
(74) Choodamani, B., Cano Hernandez, K..G., Kumar, S., Tony, A..M., Schiaffino Bustamante, A..Y., Aguilera, R..J., Schols, D. Gopi Mohan, G.C., and Karki, S..S., (2021). Synthesis, molecular docking and preliminary antileukemic activity of 4-methoxybenzyl derivatives bearing an imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles. Chem. Biodiversity. 18:2(in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202000800. PMC8140528
(73) Philipovskiy, A., Dwivedi, K.A., Gamez, R., McCallum, R., Mukherjee, D., Nahleh, Z., Aguilera, R..J. and Gaur, S. (2020). Association between tumor mutation profile and clinical outcomes among Hispanic Latina women with triple-negative breast cancer. PLOS 1 (in press)
(72) Nakamura-Bencomo, S., Gutierrez, D.A., Robles-Escajeda, E., Iglesias-Figueroa, B.F., Siqueiros-Cendón, T.S, Espinoza-Sánchez, E.A., Arévalo-Gallegos, S., Aguilera, R.J., Rascón-Cruz, Q., Varela-Ramirez, A. (2020).nbsp; Recombinant human lactoferrin carrying humanized glycosylation exhibits antileukemia selective cytotoxicity, microfilament disruption, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis activities. Investigational New Drugs (in press) DOI: 10.1007/s10637-020-01020-2 &
(71) Tilekar, K., Upadhyay, N., Schweipert, M., Hess, J.D., Macias L.H., Mrowka, P., Meyeralmes, F.J., Aguilera, R. J., Iancu, C.V., Choe, J.-Y. and Ramaa, C.S. (2020). Permuted 2,4-thiazolidinedione (TZD) analogs as GLUT inhibitors and their in-vitro evaluation in leukemic cells. Eur.J. Pharm.Sci. (in press)
(70) Tilekar, K,, Upadhyay, N., Hess, J.D., Macias, L.H., Mrowka, P., Aguilera, R.J., Meyer-Almes, F.J,. Iancu, C.V., Choe, J.Y., and Ramaa, C.S. (2020). Structure guided design and synthesis of furyl thiazolidinedione derivatives as inhibitors of GLUT 1 and GLUT 4, and evaluation of their anti-leukemic potential. Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Jul 2;202:112603. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112603. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32634629
(69) Upadhyay, N., Tilekar, K., Jänsch, N., Schweipert, M., Hess, J.D., Macias, L.H., Mrowka, P., Aguilera, R., Choe, J.-Y. Meyer-Almes, F.-J. and C.S., Ramaa, (2020). Discovery of novel N-substituted thiazolidinediones (TZDs) as HDAC8 inhibitors: in-silico studies, synthesis, and biological evaluation. Bioorganic Chemistry Jul;100:103934. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103934. (in press)..
(68) Donoso-Bustamante, V., Borrego, E. A., Schiaffino-Bustamante, Y., Gutierrez, D. A., Millas-Vargas, J. P., Fuentes-Retamal, S., Correa, P., Carrillo, I., Aguilera, R. J., Miranda, D., Chávez-Báez, I., Pulgar, R.,. Urra, F. A., Varela-Ramírez, A., and Araya-Maturana, R. (2020). An Acylhydroquinone derivative produces OXPHOS uncoupling and sensi-tization to BH3 Mimetic ABT-199 (Venetoclax) in human promyelocytic leukemia cells. Bioorganic Chemistry (in press). doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.1039355
(67) Philipovskiy A., Campbell A., Heydarian R., Castillo B., Dwivedi A.K., McCallum R., Aguilera R., Gaur S., Zeina N.A. (2020). Adherence to Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy Among Postmenopausal Hispanic/Latino Women With Breast Cancer. Anticancer Res. 40(2):857–864 (in press). https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1715835
(66) Segarra V.A., Blatch, S., Boyce, M., Carrero-Martinez, F., Aguilera, R.J., Leibowitz, M.J., Zavala, M.E., Hammonds-Odie, L. and Ashanti Edwards, A. (2020). Scientific societies advancing STEM workforce diversity: Lessons and Outcomes from the Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. J. Microbiol. and Biol. Ed. (in press). https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1715835
(65) Fratev, F., Gutierrez, D.A., Aguilera, R.J., Tyagi, A., Damodaran, C., Sirimulla, S. (2020). Discovery of New AKT1 Inhibitors by Combination of In silico Structure Based Virtual Screening Approaches and Biological Evaluations. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (in press). https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1715835
(64) Gutierrez, D.A., DeJesus, R.E., Contreras, L., Rodriguez-Palomares, I.A., Villanueva, P., Balderrama, K.S., Monterroza, L., Larragoity, M., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J. (2019). A new pyridazinone exhibits potent cytotoxicity on human cancer cells via apoptosis and poly-ubiquitinated protein accumulation. Cell Biol. and Toxicol. (in press)
(63) Khandaker, T.A., Hess, J.D., Aguilera, R.J. Andrei, G.., Snoeck, R., Schols, D., Padmananva, P., Lakshman, M. (2019). Synthesis and Evaluations of “1,4-Triazolyl Combretacoumarins” and Desmethoxy Analogs. Eur.J.Org.Chem. (33):5610-5623
(62) Solis, L.H., Ayala-Marin, Y.M., Portillo, S., Varela-Ramírez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Boland, T. (2019). Thermal inkjet bioprinting triggers the activation of the VEGF pathway in human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro. Biofabrication (in press)
(61) Iglesias-Figueroa, B.F., Siqueiros-Cendón, T.S., Gutierrez, D.A., Aguilera, R.J., Espinoza-Sánchez, E.A., Arévalo-Gallegos, S., Varela-Ramirez, A., and Rascón-Cruz, Q. (2019). Recombinant human lactoferrin induces apoptosis, disruption of F-actin structure and cell cycle arrest with selective cytotoxicity on human triple negative breast cancer cells Apoptosis J. (in press)
(60) Ruiz-Medina, B., Lerma, D., Hwang, M. Ross, J., Skouta, R., Aguilera, R.J., Kirken, R., Varela-Ramirez, A., and Robles-Escajeda, E. (2019). Green barley mitigates cytotoxicity in human lymphocytes undergoing aggressive oxidative stress, via activation of both the Lyn/PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK pathways. Scientific Reports (in press).
(59) Montoya, A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Dickerson, E.B., Pasquier, E., Torabi, A., Aguilera, R.J., Nahleh, Z., and Bryan, B.A. (2019). The beta adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol alters mitogenic and apoptotic signaling in late stage breast cancer.
Biomedical J. (in press)
(58) Castro, E., Ceron, M.R. Hernandez Garcia, A., Kim, Q., Etcheverry-Berrios, A., Morel, M.J., Diaz-Torres, R., Qian, W. Martinez, Z., Mendez, L., Perez, F., Santoyo, C.A., Gimeno Munoz, R., Esper, R. Gutierrez, D.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Llano, M., Soler, M. Aliaga-Alcalde N. and Echegoyen L. (2018). (2018). A new family of fullerene derivatives: fullerenecurcumin conjugates for biological and photovoltaic applications. RSC Adv. 8, 41692-8. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08334g.
(57) Villanueva, P., Martinez, A., Baca, S.T., DeJesus, R.E., Larragoity, M., Contreras, L., Gutierrez, D.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J. (2018). Pyronaridine exerts potent cytotoxicity on human breast and hematological cancer cells through induction of apoptosis. PLoS ONE Nov. 5; 13(11):e0206467. Available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206467.
(56) Contreras, L., Calderon, R.I., Varela-Ramirez, A., Zhang, H.Y., Quan, Y., Das, U., Dimmock, J.R, Skouta, R., Aguilera, R.J. (2018). Induction of apoptosis via proteasome inhibition in leukemia/
lymphoma cells by two potent piperidones Cellular Oncology 2018; Aug 7. doi: 10.1007/s13402-018-0397-1..
(55) Varela-Ramirez, A., Abendroth,J., Mejia, A.A.,
Phan, I.Q., Lorimer, D.D., Edwards,T.E.,
Aguilera, R.J. (2017). Structure of acid
deoxyribonuclease. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(10)6217-6227.
(54)
Montoya, A., Amaya, C.N., Belmont, A., Diab, N., Trevino, R., Villanueva, G.,
Rains, S., Sanchez, LA, Badri, N, Otoukesh, S, Khammanivong, A, Liss, D, Baca,
S.T., Aguilera, R.J., Dickerson,
E.B., Torabi, A., Dwivedi, A.K., Abbas, A., Chambers, K., Bryan, B.A., Nahleh Z.
(2017). Use of non-selective beta-blockers is associated with
decreased tumor proliferative indices in early stage breast cancer.
Oncotarget. (8) 6446-6460. PMC53251644.
(53)
Santiago-Vazquez,Y.,
Das, U., Varela-Ramirez, A.,
Baca, S.T., Ayala-Marin, Y., Lema, C., Das, S.,
Baryyan, A., Dimmock J.R. and
Aguilera,
R.J.
(2016).
Tumor-selective cytotoxicity of a novel pentadiene
analogue on human leukemia/lymphoma cells. Clin. Cancer Drugs 3(2)138-146.
PMC5110259
(52) Nunes,
L.M., Hossain, M., Varela-Ramirez, A., Das, U., Ayala-Marin, Y.M., Dimmock,
J.R., and Aguilera, R.J. (2016). A
novel class of piperidones exhibit potent, selective and pro-apoptotic
anti-leukemia properties
.
Oncology Letters. 11(6)3842-48. PMC4888252
(51)
Robles-Escajeda, E., Das,U.,
Ortega N.M., Parra, K.,
Francia, G., Y., Dimmock, J. R., Varela-Ramirez, A., and Aguilera,
R. J. (2016). A novel curcumin-like dienone induces
apoptosis in triple-negative breast cancer cells. Cell Oncol.
39(3)265-77. PMC4899127
(50) Gonzalez, H., Lema, C., Kirken, R.A.,
Maldonado, R.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., and
Aguilera, R.J.
(2015).
Arsenic-exposed
keratinocytes exhibit differential microRNAs expression profile; potential
implication of miR-21, miR-200a and miR-141 in melanoma pathway.
Clinical
Cancer Drugs 2:138-147.
PMC4819983
(49) Liu, M., Li, J., Varela-Ramirez, A., Ren,
P., Dai, L., Zhu, Q., Liu, X., Zheng, S., Chen, Y., Duan,
Z.P., Li, N., Aguilera, R.J, and Zhang, J-Y.
(2015)
Humoral autoimmune
response to nucleophosmin in the immunodiagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Oncol
.Rep.
33(5):2245-52. PMC4391589
(47)
Seong, C., Varela-Ramirez, A., Tang, X., Anchondo, B., Magallanes D., and
Aguilera, R.J. (2014). Cloning and Characterization of a
Novel Drosophila Stress Induced DNase. PLOS One. August,
9:8:e103564 download article
journal.pone.0103564.pdf PMC4118900
(46) Nunes,
L.M. , Robles-Escajeda, E., Santiago-Vazquez, Y., Ortega
N.M., Lema, C., Muro, A., Almodovar, G., Das,U., Das,S., Dimmock,
J. R., Aguilera, R. J., and Varela-Ramirez, A. (2014).
The gender of cell lines matters when screening for novel
anti-cancer drugs.
J. Amer. Assoc. Pharm. Sci.
16(4):872-4. PMC4070257
(45)
Santiago-Vazquez,Y. , Das, S., Das, U., Robles-Escajeda, E., Ortega, N. M.,
Lema, C., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Balzarini, J., De Clercq, E.,
Dimmock, S.G., Gorecki, D.K.J.,
and Dimmock, J. (2014). Novel
3,5-bis(arylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidinyl dimers: structure-activity relationships
and potent antileukemic and antilymphoma cytotoxicity.
European J. of Med. Chem.
77:315-322. PMC4215945 see
article online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/S022352341400213X
(44)
Pedroza,
D. A., De Leon, F., Varela-Ramirez, A., Lema, C.,
Aguilera, R., and Mito, S.
(2014). The Cytotoxic effect of 2-acylated-1,4-naphthohydroquinones on leukemia/ lymphoma
cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
22(2):842-7. PMC4215946
(43) Robles-Escajeda, E., Lerma, D.,
Nyakeriga, A.M., Ross, J., Kirken, R.A., Aguilera, R.J., and Varela-Ramirez, A.
(2013). Searching in Mother Nature for anti-cancer
activity: mechanism of antiproliferative and pro- apoptotic effect
elicited by green barley on leukemia/lymphoma cells. PLOS One 8:9
e7350-8.
PMC3767772
(42) Robles-Escajeda, E., Martínez, A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Sánchez-Delgado, R.A.,
and Aguilera, R.J. (2013). Analysis of the cytotoxic effects of ruthenium- ketoconazole
and ruthenium-clotrimazole complexes on cancer cells. Cell Biology
and Toxicology (6):431-43. PMC42072122
(41)
Oldham, E.D., Seelam, S.,
Lema C., Aguilera, R.J., Fiegel, J., Rankin, S.E., Knutson,
B.L., Lehmler, H.J. (2013). Synthesis, surface properties and biocompatibility
of 1,2,3-triazole-containing alkyl b-D-xylopyronoside surfactants. Carbohydr.
Res. 379C:68-77.
PMC3764597
(40) Aguilera, R.J. (2012).
Issues on Diversity,
Training and Mentorship of Young Scientists: An interview. Molecular Biology of
the Cell, 23: 2237-39.
(39)
Zhao, L., Peralta-Videa J.R.,
Varela-Ramirez, A., Castillo-Michel, H., Li, C., Zhang, J., Aguilera, R.J.,
Keller, A.A., Gardea-Torresdey, J.L. (2012). Effect of surface
coating and organic matter on the uptake of CeO2 NPs by corn plants grown in
soil: Insight into the uptake mechanism. J. Hazard. Mater., 225-226:131-8.
(38)
Zhao, L., Peralta-Videa J.R.,
Ren, M., Varela-Ramirez, A., Li, C., Hernandez-Viezcas, J.A., Aguilera, R.J.,
Gardea-Torresdey, J.L. (2012). Transport of Zn in a sandy loam
soil treated with ZnO NPs and uptake by corn plants: Electron microprobe and
confocal microscopy studies. Chem. Eng . J., 184:1– 8.
(37) Xu, W., Osei-Prempeh, G., Lema C., Davis Oldham,
E., Aguilera, R.J., Parkin, S., Rankin, S.E., Knutson, B.L., Lehmler,
H.J. (2012). Synthesis, thermal properties, and cytotoxicity evaluation of
hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon alkyl β-d-xylopyranoside surfactants. Carbohydr.
Res. 349, 12–23
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Lema, C., Varela-Ramirez, A., and Aguilera, R.J. (2011). Differential
nuclear staining assay for high-throughput screening to identify cytotoxic
compounds J.Curr.Cell.Biochem. 1, (2011) 1-14.
Revised-Curr
Cell Biochem_2011-1(1)1-14 (2).pdf
(35)
Gonzalez-Pantoja, J., Stern,
M., Jarzecki, A., Royo, E.,
Aguilera, R.J., Varela-Ramirez,
A., Robles-Escajeda, E. Contel, M.
(2011). Titanocene-Phosphine Derivatives as Precursors to Cytotoxic
Heterometallic TiAu2 and TiM (M = Pd, Pt) Compounds. Studies of their
Interactions with DNA.
J. Inorg. Chem.
50, 11099-11110.
(34) Liu, F., Anis, R., Hwang, E., Ovalle, R.,
Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera,
R.J., Contel, M. (2011). Group 11 metal compounds
with tripodal bis(imidazole) thioether ligands. Applications as catalysts in the
oxidation of alkenes and as antimicrobial agents. Molecules, 16(8),
6701-6720
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Das, S., Das, U., Varela-Ramirez, A., Lema, C.,
Aguilera, R.J., Balzarini, J., De
Clercq, E., Dimmock, S.G., Gorecki, D.K.J., and Dimmock, J. (2011).
bis[3,5-bis(Benzylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidinyl]amides: A novel class of potent
cytotoxins. ChemMedChem.,
6, 1892 – 1899
(32) Varela-Ramirez A,
Costanzo M, Carrasco YP, Pannell KH, and Aguilera RJ. (2011)
Cytotoxic effects
of two organotin compounds and their mode of inflicting cell death on four
mammalian cancer cells. Cell Biology and Toxicology. 27(3):159-68.
(31) Martínez, A.,. Rajapakse, C.S.K., Sánchez-Delgado,
R.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Lema, C., and Aguilera R.J.
(2010).Arene-Ru(II)-Chloroquine complexes interact withsh DNA, induce apoptosis
against Human lymphoid cell lines and display low toxicity to normal mammalian
cells. J. Inorg. Biochem. 104(9):967-77.
(30)
Nohara, L.L., Lema, C. , Bader,
J. , Aguilera, R.J. , Almeida, I.C. (2010). High-content imaging: A new
approach for automated determination of host-cell infection rate by the
intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
Parasit. International.,
59(4):565-70.
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