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Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Highlights: January 2026

Feb. 2, 2026
A researcher using a syringe.

Publications

  • Xinxin Ding - Furlong, M., Beitel, S., Conner, R., Goodrich, J. M., Ding, X., Rahn, M., Sticker, Guggenheim, A. K., Hamilton, A., Biering, D., Hughes, J., Kolar, J., Urwin, D. J., Gulotta, J. J., Porter, C., Hollister, J., Stapleton, H., Burgess, J. L.: Changes in serum proteins in firefighters responding to the 2025 Los Angeles urban conflagrations. J. Occupa. Environ. Med., 2026, 68 (1), January. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003581, PMID: 41085463, PMC12645906.
  • Xinxin Ding & Qing-Yu Zhang - Tran, L. M., Zhang, Q.-Y., Van Winkle, L. S., and Ding, X.: Metabolism of Xenobiotics in the Respiratory Tract, in Comprehensive Toxicology, 4th Edition (McQueen, C. A. Ed.), vol. 9, pp. 120–149. London: Elsevier. 2026, DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-95488-4.00101-7
  • Hongmin Li & Qing-Yu Zhang - Singh V, Jaganathan D, Corro J, Chen K, Samrat SK, Zhang R, Ma M, Battaile K, Li Z, Zhang QY, Xiong R, Ojha AK, Li H† (2025), Structure, function, and inhibition of adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ACS Infect. Dis., https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00442 .
  • Jim Galligan - Ortega, AF; Vang, CE; Rome, FI; Andreoni, KM; Phoebe, AM; Nelson, AB; Crawford, PA; Galligan, JJ; Huang, SC; Hughey, CC. “Dietary sulfur amino acid restriction improves glucose homeostasis through hepatic de novo serine synthesis” Mol Met Accepted.

Awards

Kenry

Rising Star in Nanoscience, ACS Nanoscience Au

 

Rui Xiong 

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Early Career Board Member

 

Vishal Kaleeswaran

First Place at the 2026 Translational Medicine Symposium, “Development of DYR533, a highly selective and orally bioavailable inhibitor of DYRK1A toward the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and/or Down Syndrome”.

 

Dominique Farrera

Second Place at the 2026 Translational Medicine Symposium, “Disposition of the Exogenous Biomarker Ezetimibe-Glucuronide Effectively Identifies MASH”.

 

Patents

Christopher Hulme

Vijay Gokhale, Christopher Hulme, Yeng Jeng Shaw: Patent #12,521,386, Small Molecule Inhibitors Of The Androgen Receptor Activity And/Or Expression And Uses Thereof