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Jef K. De Brabander is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a focus on molecular biology and oncology among other subfields.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Surgery
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Their work addresses a range of topics, primarily:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Recent publications by Jef K. De Brabander include:

  • Structural basis for itraconazole-mediated NPC1 inhibition, 2020, Nature Communications
  • TK216 targets microtubules in Ewing sarcoma cells, 2022, Cell chemical biology
  • A Medicinal Chemistry-Driven Approach Identified the Sterol Isomerase EBP as the Molecular Target of TASIN Colorectal Cancer Toxins, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Molecular mechanism of the wake-promoting agent TAK-925, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Selective and brain-penetrant lanosterol synthase inhibitors target glioma stem-like cells by inducing 24(S),25-epoxycholesterol production, 2023, Cell chemical biology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jef K. De Brabander are:

  • Deepak Nijhawan
  • Noelle S. Williams
  • Jiwoong Kim
  • Rameshu Rallabandi
  • Juan Manuel Povedano

Their publications are often found in these venues:

  • Cell chemical biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Best Publications

  • A Small Molecule Smac Mimic Potentiates TRAIL- and TNFα-Mediated Cell Death

    Lin Li;Ranny Mathew Thomas;Hidetaka Suzuki;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Cholesterol and 25-Hydroxycholesterol Inhibit Activation of SREBPs by Different Mechanisms, Both Involving SCAP and Insigs

    Christopher M. Adams;Julian Reitz;Jef K. De Brabander;Jamison D. Feramisco

  • Identification of NPC1 as the target of U18666A, an inhibitor of lysosomal cholesterol export and Ebola infection

    Feiran Lu;Qiren Liang;Lina Abi-Mosleh;Akash Das

  • Gboxin is an oxidative phosphorylation inhibitor that targets glioblastoma

    Yufeng Shi;S. Kyun Lim;Qiren Liang;Swathi V. Iyer

  • Metal-catalyzed regioselective oxy-functionalization of internal alkynes: an entry into ketones, acetals, and spiroketals.

    Bo Liu;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Development of Proneurogenic, Neuroprotective Small Molecules

    Karen S. MacMillan;Jacinth Naidoo;Jue Liang;Lisa Melito

  • Total Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of the Novel Microtubule‐Stabilizing Agent Peloruside A

    Xibin Liao;Yusheng Wu;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Lessons and revelations from biomimetic syntheses

    Mina Razzak;Jef K De Brabander

  • Salicylihalamide A inhibits the V0 sector of the V-ATPase through a mechanism distinct from bafilomycin A1.

    Xiao Song Xie;David Padron;Xibin Liao;Jin Wang

  • Synthesis and Complete Stereochemical Assignment of Psymberin/Irciniastatin A

    Xin Jiang;Jorge Garcia-Fortanet;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Total synthesis and structure revision of the marine metabolite palmerolide A.

    Xin Jiang;Bo Liu;Sylvain Lebreton;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Synthesis of the First Members of a New Class of Biologically Active Bryostatin Analogues

    PA Wender;J De Brabander;PG Harran;JM Jimenez

  • Total Synthesis and Initial Structure−Function Analysis of the Potent V-ATPase Inhibitors Salicylihalamide A and Related Compounds

    Yusheng Wu;Xibin Liao;Ruifang Wang;Xiao Song Xie

  • Synthesis of side chain truncated apicularen A

    Ashoke Bhattacharjee;Jef K De Brabander

  • Vacuolar ATPase in Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion

    Sandra Kissing;Christina Hermsen;Urska Repnik;Cecilie Kåsi Nesset

  • Studies toward the unique pederin family member psymberin: full structure elucidation, two alternative total syntheses, and analogs.

    Yu Feng;Xin Jiang;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Revision of the Absolute Configuration of Salicylihalamide A through Asymmetric Total Synthesis

    Yusheng Wu;Lothar Esser;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Au(I)- and Pt(II)-Catalyzed Cycloetherification of ω-Hydroxy Propargylic Esters

    Jef K. De Brabander;Bo Liu;Mingxing Qian

  • Synthesis of Psymberin Analogues: Probing a Functional Correlation with the Pederin/Mycalamide Family of Natural Products

    Xin Jiang;Noelle Williams;Jef K. De Brabander

  • Total synthesis of the macrolide (+)-aspicilin by an asymmetrically catalyzed macrocyclization of an ω-Alkynal ester

    Wolfgang Oppolzer;Rumen N. Radinov;Jef K De Brabander

  • SAR Based Optimization of a 4-Quinoline Carboxylic Acid Analog with Potent Anti-Viral Activity.

    Priyabrata Das;Xiaoyi Deng;Liang Zhang;Michael G Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Noelle S. Williams
Noelle S. Williams The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Michael G. Roth
Michael G. Roth The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ilkka Julkunen
Ilkka Julkunen University of Turku
Steven L. McKnight
Steven L. McKnight The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Wolfgang Oppolzer
Wolfgang Oppolzer University of Geneva
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University
Jerry W. Shay
Jerry W. Shay The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Margaret A. Phillips
Margaret A. Phillips The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Michael A. White
Michael A. White Ideaya Biosciences (United States)
Sampsa Matikainen
Sampsa Matikainen University of Helsinki

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