Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Highlights: April 2026
May 1, 2026
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Awards
Top Cited Article 2025, Interdisciplinary Medicine
Publications
Yin Chen
Zhou Z, Zhu Y, Gao R, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lu L, Zhang Y. HosA-mediated epigenetic regulation of growth, virulence and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus fumigatus. Virulence. 2026 Apr 2:2655064. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2026.2655064. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41928566.
Mei S, Zhu L, Zhang K, Thakur A, Chen B, Mao X, Duan F, Romero V, Chen Y, Chen J. Fungal exposure exacerbates allergen-driven asthma in a two-hit mouse model. Respir Res. 2026 Apr 28. doi: 10.1186/s12931-026-03684-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42050607.
Martha Ackerman-Berrier, Hongmin Li, Gregory Thatcher, Haining Zhu
Aromokeye R, Kuang L, Ackerman-Berrier M, Cardoza S, Holberg C, Carver M, Ma C, Tharappel AM, Li H, Wang L, Thatcher GRJ, Zhu H. Targeting G3BP1-Mediated Stress Granules to Suppress SARS-CoV-2 Replication. ACS Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 10. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c01026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41960678.
Aromokeye R, Kuang L, Ackerman-Berrier M, Cardoza S, Holberg C, Carver M, Ma C, Tharappel AM, Li H, Wang L, Thatcher GRJ, Zhu H. Targeting G3BP1-Mediated Stress Granules to Suppress SARS-CoV-2 Replication. ACS Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 10. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c01026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41960678.
Jianqin Lu
Li W, Wang Z, Li M, Jiang Y, Wu S, Cordova L, Kim M, Lu J. Boosting immunogenic tumour cell death via nanotherapeutic targeting of the Stanniocalcin 1 phagocytosis checkpoint for enhanced cancer immunotherapy. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 28. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-72526-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42049751.
Li W, Wang Z, Li M, Jiang Y, Wu S, Cordova L, Kim M, Lu J. Boosting immunogenic tumour cell death via nanotherapeutic targeting of the Stanniocalcin 1 phagocytosis checkpoint for enhanced cancer immunotherapy. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 28. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-72526-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42049751.