1. Li Yang, Zhu Yuyuan, Shang FF, Xu Ling, Jiang Defang, Sun Bin, Zhang Lei, Luo Cheng, Zhang Ao, Zhang Hao*, Ding Chunyong*. Discovery of Urea Derivatives of Celastrol as Selective Peroxiredoxin 1 Inhibitors against Colorectal Cancer Cells. J Med Chem. 2024 67(9):7176-7196.
2. Shang FanFan, Lu Qing, Lin Tailiang, Pu Miaoxia, Xiao Ruoxuan, Liu Wanmei, Deng Hao, Guo Hongyan, Quan Ze-Shan, Ding Chunyong*, Shen Qing-Kun*. Discovery of Triazolyl Derivatives of Cucurbitacin B Targeting IGF2BP1 against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Med Chem. 2023 Sep 28;66(18):12931-12949.
3. Ding, Chunyong*,#; Du, Mengyan#; Xiong, Zhi#; Wang, Xue#; Li, Hongji; He, Ende; Li, Han; Dang, Yijing; Lu, Qing; Li, Shicong; Xiao, Ruoxuan; Xu, Zhiai; Jing, Lili*;, Deng, Liufu; Wang, Xiyuan; Geng, Meiyu; Xie, Zuoquan*; Zhang Ao*. Photochemically controlled activation of STING by CAIX-targeting photocaged agonists to suppress tumor cell growth. Chem Sci, 2023, 14(22):5956-5964.
4. Xu, Heng#; Zhao, Hongfang#; Ding, Chunyong#; Jiang, Defang; Zhao, Zijie; Li, Yang; Ding, Xiaoyu; Gao, Jing; Zhou, Hu; Luo, Cheng; Chen, Guoqiang; Zhang, Ao*; Xu, Ying*; Zhang, Hao*. Celastrol suppresses colorectal cancer via covalent targeting peroxiredoxin 1, Signal Transduct Target Ther, 2023, 8(1):51.
5. Wang, Tian-Xiang; Duan, Kun-Long; Huang, Zi-Xuan; Xue, Zi-An; Liang, Jun-Yun; Dang, Yongjun; Zhang, Ao; Xiong, Yue; Ding, Chunyong*; Guan, Kun-Liang; Yuan, Hai-Xin*. Tanshinone functions as a coenzyme that confers gain of function of NQO1 to suppress ferroptosis, Life Sci Alliance, 2022, 6(1): e202201667.
6. Zhao, Jiannan; Li, Yongling; Ma, Jing; Liu, Jingting; Xiao, Ruoxuan; Wang, Linlin; Li, Peng; He, Yinyan; Qian, Feng; Zhang, Ao; Sun, Zhen-Liang*; Ding, Chunyong*. Synthesis and pharmacological validation of fluorescent diarylsulfonylurea analogues as NLRP3 inhibitors and imaging probes, Eur J Med Chem, 2022, 237:114338.
7. Li, Yang; Lu, Qing; Xiao, Ruoxuan; Ma, Jing; Tang, Yuqi; Chen, Wantao; Zhang, Ruihan; Jiang, Lingxi; Chen, Hao; Zhang, Ao*; Ding, Chunyong*; Synthesis and anti-tumor activity of nitrogen-containing derivatives of the natural product diphyllin, Eur J Med Chem, 2022, 243: 114708-114708.
8. Shen, Ancheng; Li, Xiyuan; Zhang, Yan; Ma, Jing; Xiao, Ruoxuan; Wang, Xiyuan; Song, Zilan; Liu, Zhiguo; Geng, Meiyu; Zhang, Ao; Xie, Zuoquan*; Ding, Chunyong*. Structure-Activity relationship study of benzothiophene oxobutanoic acid analogues leading to novel stimulator of interferon gene (STING) agonists, Eur J Med Chem, 2022, 241: 114627-114627.
9. Zhu Q#, Sun F#, Li T, Zhou M, Ye J, Ji A, Wang H*, Ding C*, Chen H, Xu Z*, Yu H*. Engineering oxaliplatin prodrug nanoparticles for second near Infrared fluorescence imaging-guided immunotherapy of colorectal cancer. Small 2021, 17(13):e2007882.
10. Tan J#, Wu B#, Chen T, Fan C, Zhao J, Xiong C, Feng C, Xiao R, Ding C*, Tang W*, Zhang A*. Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Tetrahydro-γ-carboline Derivatives as Potent Anti-inflammatory Agents Targeting Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase. J. Med. Chem. 2021 Jun 10;64(11):7667-7690.
11. Ding C., Song Z., Shen A., Chen T., Zhang A.* “Small molecules targeting the innate immune cGAS‒STING‒TBK1 signaling pathway.” Acta Pharm. Sin. B, 2020, 10(12):2272-2298.
12. Xiao R.#, Ding C.#, Zhu H., Liu X., Gao J., Liu Q., Lu D., Zhang N.*, Zhang A.*, Zhou H.* “Suppression of asparagine synthetase enhances the antitumor potency of ART and artemalogue SOMCL-14-221 in non-small cell lung cancer.” Cancer Lett. 2020, 475, 22-33.
13. Dang Y., Wang F., Li L., Lai Y., Xu Z.*, Xiong Z., Zhang A., Tian Y., Ding C.*, Zhang W.*. “An activatable near-infrared fluorescent probe for methylglyoxal imaging in Alzheimer's disease mice.” Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 707-710.
14. Mao X., Ni J., Xu B.*. Ding C.*. “K2S2O8-promoted direct thiocyanation of pyrazolin-5-ones with ammonium thiocyanate at room temperature.” Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 350-354.
15. Ding C.*,#, Wang F.#, Dang Y.#, Xu Z.*, Li L., Lai Y., Yu H., Luo Y., Huang R., Zhang A., Zhang W.*. “Imaging tumorous methylglyoxal by an activatable near-infrared fluorescent probe for monitoring glyoxalase 1 activity.” Anal. Chem. 2019, 91, 15577-15584.
16. Ding C.#, Chen H.#, Liang B., Jiao M., Liang G.*, Zhang A.* “Biomimetic synthesis of the natural product salviadione and its hybrids: discovery of tissue-specific anti-inflammatory agents for acute lung injury.” Chem Sci. 2019, 10, 4667-4672.
17. Ding C. #, Tian Q. #, Li J., Jiao M., Song S., Wang Y.*, Miao Z.-H.*, Zhang A.* “Structural modification of natural product tanshinone I leading to discovery of novel nitrogen-enriched derivatives with enhanced anticancer profile and improved drug-like properties.” J. Med. Chem. 2018, 61, 760-776.
18. Wang F., Yu S., Xu Z.*, Li L., Dang Y., Xu X., Luo Y., Cheng Z., Yu H., Zhang W., Zhang A., Ding C.*. “Acid-promoted D-A-D type far-red fluorescent probe with high photostability for lysosomal nitric oxide imaging.” Anal Chem. 2018, 90, 7953-7962.
19. Li R.,# Ding C.,# Zhang J.,# Xie M., Park D., Ding Y., Chen G., Zhang G., Gilbert-Ross M., Zhou W., Marcus A. I., Sun S. Y., Chen Z. G., Sica G. L., Ramalingam S. S., Magis A. T., Fu H., Khuri F. R., Curran W. J., Owonikoko T. K., Shin D. M., Zhou J.*, Deng X.* “Modulation of bax and mTOR for cancer therapeutics.” Cancer Res. 2017, 77, 3001-3012.
20. Tian Q.#, Ding C.#, Song S., Wang Y.*, Zhang A.*, Miao Z.*. “New tanshinone I derivatives S222 and S439 similarly inhibit topoisomerase I/II but reveal different p53-dependency in inducing G2/M arrest and apoptosis.” Biochem. Pharmacol. 2018, 154, 255-264.
21. Li J., Xue Y., Fan Z., Ding C. *, Zhang A.* “Difluorination of furonaphthoquinones.” J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 7388-7393.
22. Ding C.#, Li J.#, Jiao M., Zhang A.*. “Catalyst-free sp3 C-H acyloxylation: regioselective synthesis of 1-acyloxy derivatives of the natural product tanshinone IIA.” J. Nat. Prod. 2016, 79, 2514-2520.
23. Liu G., Song S., Shu S., Miao Z., Zhang A., Ding C.* “Novel spirobicyclic artemisinin analogues (artemalogues): synthesis and antitumor activities.” Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 103, 17-28.
24. Ding C., Zhang Y., Chen H., Yang Z., Wild C., Ye N., Ester C. D., Xiong A., White M. A., Shen Q.*, Zhou J.* “Oridonin ring a-based diverse constructions of enone functionality: identification of dienone analogues effective for highly aggressive breast cancer by inducing apoptosis.” J Med Chem. 2013, 56, 8814-8825.
25. Ding C., Zhang Y., Chen H., Wild C., Wang T., White M. A., Shen Q., Zhou J.* “Overcoming synthetic challenges of oridonin a-ring structural diversification: regio- and stereoselective installation of azides and 1,2,3-triazoles at the C-1, C-2, or C-3 position.” Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3718-3721.
26. Ding C., Zhang Y., Chen H., Chu L., Yang Z., Wild C., Liu H., Shen Q.*, Zhou J.* “Novel nitrogen-enriched oridonin analogs with thiazole-fused a-ring: orotecting group-free synthesis, enhanced anticancer profile, and improved aqueous solubility.” J. Med. Chem. 2013, 56, 5048-5058.
27. Ding C., Bremer N. M., Smith T. D., Seitz P. K., Anastasio N. C., Cunningham K. A., Zhou J.* “Exploration of synthetic approaches and pharmacological evaluation of PNU-69176E and its stereoisomer as 5-HT2C receptor allosteric modulators.” ACS Chem. Neurosci. 2012, 3, 538-545.
28. Ding C., Tu S., Yao Q.*, Li F., Wang Y., Hu W., Zhang A.*. “One-pot three-step synthesis of naphtho[2,3-a]carbazole-5,13-diones using tandem radical alkylation-cyclization-aromatization reaction sequence.” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 847-853.
29. Ding C., Tu S., Wang Y., Hu W., Meng L., Yao Q.*, Zhang A.* “Synthesis study on Marmycin A: preparation of the C3’-desmethyl analogues.” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 6111-6119.
30. Wang F., Yang H., Yu S., Xue Y., Fan Z., Liang G., Geng M., Zhang A., Ding C.* “Total synthesis of (±)-tanshinol B, tanshinone I, and (±)-tanshindiol B and C.” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 3376-3381.
31. Jiao M., Liu G., Xue, Y., Ding C.* “Computational drug repositioning for cancer therapeutics.” Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 2015, 15, 767-775.