[PDF][PDF] Phosphorylation of TXNIP by AKT mediates acute influx of glucose in response to insulin

…, ZB Madaj, J Wen, K Veldkamp, M Hollowell, B Zheng… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Growth factors, such as insulin, can induce both acute and long-term glucose uptake into
cells. Apart from the rapid, insulin-induced fusion of glucose transporter (GLUT)4 storage …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of DAF-16/FOXO by reactive oxygen species contributes to longevity in long-lived mitochondrial mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans

…, DJ Dues, CE Schaar, BK Johnson, ZB Madaj… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mild deficits in mitochondrial function have been shown to increase lifespan in multiple species
including worms, flies and mice. Here, we study three C. elegans mitochondrial mutants (…

Dual inhibition of DNA and histone methyltransferases increases viral mimicry in ovarian cancer cells

M Liu, SL Thomas, AK DeWitt, W Zhou, ZB Madaj… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Ovarian cancer ranks as the most deadly gynecologic cancer, and there is an urgent need
to develop more effective therapies. Previous studies have shown that G9A, a histone …

[HTML][HTML] An osteocalcin-deficient mouse strain without endocrine abnormalities

…, JCW Hu, K Lim, CJ Droscha, ZB Madaj… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Osteocalcin (OCN), the most abundant noncollagenous protein in the bone matrix, is reported
to be a bone-derived endocrine hormone with wide-ranging effects on many aspects of …

An inflammatory profile linked to increased suicide risk

SA Keaton, ZB Madaj, P Heilman, LA Smart… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Suicide risk assessments are often challenging for clinicians, and therefore,
biological markers are warranted as guiding tools in these assessments. Suicidal patients …

Lurbinectedin inactivates the Ewing sarcoma oncoprotein EWS-FLI1 by redistributing it within the nucleus

…, SM Kitchen-Goosen, EA Boguslawski, ZB Madaj… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
There is a great need to develop novel approaches to target oncogenic transcription factors
with small molecules. Ewing sarcoma is emblematic of this need, as it depends on the …

Identification of mithramycin analogues with improved targeting of the EWS-FLI1 transcription factor

…, M Kang, M Smith, L Turner, ZB Madaj… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify second-generation mithramycin analogues
that better target the EWS-FLI1 transcription factor for Ewing sarcoma. We previously …

[HTML][HTML] NF1 deficiency correlates with estrogen receptor signaling and diminished survival in breast cancer

PS Dischinger, EA Tovar, CJ Essenburg, ZB Madaj… - NPJ breast …, 2018 - nature.com
The key negative regulatory gene of the RAS pathway, NF1, is mutated or deleted in numerous
cancer types and is associated with increased cancer risk and drug resistance. Even …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome and DNA methylome analyses reveal underlying mechanisms for the racial disparity in uterine fibroids

EN Paul, JA Grey, TJ Carpenter, ZB Madaj, KH Lau… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Uterine fibroids (leiomyomas) affect Black women disproportionately compared with women
of other races and ethnicities in terms of prevalence, incidence, and severity of symptoms. …

Prior metabolite extraction fully preserves RNAseq quality and enables integrative multi-'omics analysis of the liver metabolic response to viral infection

ZB Madaj, MS Dahabieh, V Kamalumpundi… - RNA biology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Here, we provide an in-depth analysis of the usefulness of single-sample metabolite/RNA
extraction for multi-‘omics readout. Using pulverized frozen livers of mice injected with …