Ms Kai-Chen Wu
Principal Research Technician/Scien
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62386
Journal Articles
Wu, Kai-Chen, Condon, Nicholas D., Hill, Timothy A., Reid, Robert C., Fairlie, David and Lim, Junxian (2023). Ras related protein Rab5a regulates complement C5a receptor trafficking, chemotaxis and chemokine secretion in human macrophages. Journal of Innate Immunity. doi: 10.1159/000530012
de Araujo, Aline D., Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Hoang, Huy N., Nguyen, Huy T. and Fairlie, David P. (2022). Landscaping macrocyclic peptides: stapling hDM2-binding peptides for helicity, protein affinity, proteolytic stability and cell uptake. RSC Chemical Biology, 3 (7), 895-904. doi: 10.1039/d1cb00231g
Ozdarska, Katarzyna, Petremant, Maud, Wu, Kai-Chen and Bourguet, Erika (2022). Synthesis of novel pyridazino[1,6-a]indole-2,4(1H,3H)-dione and pyridazino[1,6-a]indol-2(1H)-one via intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution. Results in Chemistry, 4 100612, 100612. doi: 10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100612
Mantzourani, Christiana, Gkikas, Dimitrios, Kokotos, Alexandros, Nummela, Pirjo, Theodoropoulou, Maria A., Wu, Kai-Chen, Fairlie, David P., Politis, Panagiotis K., Ristimäki, Ari and Kokotos, George (2021). Synthesis of benzoxazole-based vorinostat analogs and their antiproliferative activity. Bioorganic Chemistry, 114 105132, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105132
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Wu, Kai-Chen, Gupta, Praveer K., Barbero, Sheila, McLaughlin, Maddison G., Lucke, Andrew J., Tng, Jiahui, Lim, Junxian, Loh, Zhixuan, Sweet, Matthew J, Reid, Robert C., Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2021). HDAC7 inhibition by phenacetyl and phenylbenzoyl hydroxamates. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (4), 2186-2204. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01967
Jiang, Yuhong, Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai‐Chen, Xu, Weijun, Suen, Jacky Y. and Fairlie, David P. (2021). PAR2 induces ovarian cancer cell motility by merging three signalling pathways to transactivate EGFR. British Journal of Pharmacology, 178 (4) bph.15332, 913-932. doi: 10.1111/bph.15332
Tng, Jiahui, Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Lucke, Andrew J., Xu, Weijun, Reid, Robert C. and Fairlie, David P. (2020). Achiral derivatives of hydroxamate AR-42 potently inhibit class I HDAC enzymes and cancer cell proliferation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63 (11) acs.jmedchem.0c00230, 5956-5971. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00230
Rowley, Jessica A., Reid, Robert C., Poon, Eunice K. Y., Wu, Kai-Chen, Lim, Junxian, Lohman, Rink-Jan, Hamidon, Johan K., Yau, Mei-Kwan, Halili, Maria A., Durek, Thomas, Iyer, Abishek and Fairlie, David P. (2020). Potent thiophene antagonists of human complement C3a receptor with anti-inflammatory activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63 (2) acs.jmedchem.9b00927, 529-541. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00927
de Araujo, Aline D., Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Xiang, Yibin, Good, Andrew C., Skerlj, Renato and Fairlie, David P. (2018). Bicyclic helical peptides as dual inhibitors selective for Bcl2A1 and Mcl-1 proteins. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 61 (7), 2962-2972. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00010
Jiang, Yuhong, Yau, Mei-Kwan, Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Xu, Weijun, Suen, Jacky Y and Fairlie, David P (2018). A potent antagonist of protease-activated receptor 2 that inhibits multiple signaling functions in human cancer cells. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 364 (2), 246-257. doi: 10.1124/jpet.117.245027
Lohman, Rink-Jan, Hamidon, Johan K., Reid, Robert C., Rowley, Jessica A., Yau, Mei-Kwan, Halili, Maria A., Nielsen, Daniel S., Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Loh, Zhixuan, Do, Anh, Suen, Jacky Y., Iyer, Abishek and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Exploiting a novel conformational switch to control innate immunity mediated by complement protein C3a. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 351, 351. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00414-w
Dantas de Araujo, Aline, Wu, Chongyang, Wu, Kai-Chen, Reid, Robert C., Durek, Thomas, Lim, Junxian and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Europium-labeled synthetic C3a protein as a novel fluorescent probe for human complement C3a receptor. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 28 (6), 1669-1676. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00132
Jiang, Yuhong, Yau, Mei-Kwan, Kok, W. Mei, Lim, Junxian, Wu, Kai-Chen, Liu, Ligong, Hill, Timothy A., Suen, Jacky Y. and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Biased signaling by agonists of protease activated receptor 2. ACS Chemical Biology, 12 (5), 1217-1226. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b01088
Xu, Weijun, Lim, Junxian, Goh, Chai-Yeen, Suen, Jacky Y., Jiang, Yuhong, Yau, Mei-Kwan, Wu, Kai-Chen, Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2015). Repurposing Registered Drugs as Antagonists for Protease-Activated Receptor 2. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 55 (10), 2079-2084. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00500
Conference Paper
Fairlie, David, Reid, Robert, Rowley, Jessica, Wu, Kai-Chen, Yau, Mei-Kwan, Lim, Junxian and Iyer, Abishek (2019). Heterocycles for switching GPCR ligand conformation and activity. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Orlando, FL United States, 31 March-4 April 2019. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.