Publications

Discovery, structural optimization, and anti-tumor bioactivity evaluations of betulinic acid derivatives as a new type of ROR$gamma$ antagonists

Published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023

Lianghe Mei, Lansong Xu, Sanan Wu, Yafang Wang, Chao Xu, Lin Wang, Xingyu Zhang, Chengcheng Yu, Hualiang Jiang, Xianglei Zhang, Fang Bai, Chengying Xie, "Discovery, structural optimization, and anti-tumor bioactivity evaluations of betulinic acid derivatives as a new type of ROR$gamma$ antagonists." European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023.

Target-Based Virtual Screening and LC/MS-Guided Isolation Procedure for Identifying Phloroglucinol-Terpenoid Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2

Published in Journal of Natural Products, 2022

Bo Hou, Yu Zhang, Han Liao, Li Fu, De Li, Xin Zhao, Jian Qi, Wei Yang, Geng Xiao, Lian Yang, Zheng Zuo, Lin Wang, Xiang Zhang, Fang Bai, Liu Yang, George Gao, Hao Song, Jiang Hu, Wei Shang, Jun Zhou, "Target-Based Virtual Screening and LC/MS-Guided Isolation Procedure for Identifying Phloroglucinol-Terpenoid Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2." Journal of Natural Products, 2022.

Discovery of potential small molecular SARS-CoV-2 entry blockers targeting the spike protein

Published in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2022

Lin Wang, Yan Wu, Sheng Yao, Huan Ge, Ya Zhu, Kun Chen, Wen Chen, Yi Zhang, Wei Zhu, Hong Wang, Yu Guo, Pei Ma, Peng Ren, Xiang Zhang, Hui Li, Mohammad Ali, Wen Xu, Hua Jiang, Lei Zhang, Li Zhu, Yang Ye, Wei Shang, Fang Bai, "Discovery of potential small molecular SARS-CoV-2 entry blockers targeting the spike protein." Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2022.

Crystal Structures of Wolbachia CidA and CidB Reveal Determinants of Bacteria-induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility and Rescue

Published in Nature Communications, 2022

Haofeng Wang, Yunjie Xiao, Xia Chen, Mengwen Zhang, Guangxin Sun, Feng Wang, Lin Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xin Yang, Wenling Li, Yi Wei, Deqiang Yao, Bing Zhang, Jun Li, Wen Cui, Fenghua Wang, Cheng Chen, Wei Shen, Dan Su, Fang Bai, Jinhai Huang, Sheng Ye, Lei Zhang, Xiaoyun Ji, Wei Wang, Zefang Wang, Mark Hochstrasser, Haitao Yang, "Crystal Structures of Wolbachia CidA and CidB Reveal Determinants of Bacteria-induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility and Rescue." Nature Communications, 2022.

CKB inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and prostate cancer progression by sequestering and inhibiting AKT activation

Published in Neoplasia (United States), 2021

Zheng Wang, Mohit Hulsurkar, Lijuan Zhuo, Jinbang Xu, Han Yang, Samira Naderinezhad, Lin Wang, Guoliang Zhang, Nanping Ai, Linna Li, Jeffrey Chang, Songlin Zhang, Ladan Fazli, Chad Creighton, Fang Bai, Michael Ittmann, Martin Gleave, Wenliang Li, "CKB inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and prostate cancer progression by sequestering and inhibiting AKT activation." Neoplasia (United States), 2021.

Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors

Published in Nature, 2020

Zhenming Jin, Xiaoyu Du, Yechun Xu, Yongqiang Deng, Meiqin Liu, Yao Zhao, Bing Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Leike Zhang, Chao Peng, Yinkai Duan, Jing Yu, Lin Wang, Kailin Yang, Fengjiang Liu, Rendi Jiang, Xinglou Yang, Tian You, Xiaoce Liu, Xiuna Yang, Fang Bai, Hong Liu, Xiang Liu, Luke Guddat, Wenqing Xu, Gengfu Xiao, Chengfeng Qin, Zhengli Shi, Hualiang Jiang, Zihe Rao, Haitao Yang, "Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors." Nature, 2020.