Ya-ming Xu

Using the Heat-Shock Response To Discover Anticancer Compounds that Target Protein Homeostasis

Sandro Santagata, Ya-ming Xu, E. M. Kithsiri Wijeratne et al. · ACS Chemical Biology · 2011 · 147 citations · Full text

Drug Target, Chemoprevention Strategy, Cancer Biology +19

Characterization of the Biosynthetic Genes for 10,11-Dehydrocurvularin, a Heat Shock Response-Modulating Anticancer Fungal Polyketide from Aspergillus terreus

Yuquan Xu, Patricia Espinosa‐Artiles, Vivien Schubert et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2013 · 82 citations · Full text

Aspergillus Terreus, Transcriptional Regulation, Biosynthesis +15

Structure–Activity Relationships for Withanolides as Inducers of the Cellular Heat-Shock Response

E. M. Kithsiri Wijeratne, Ya-ming Xu, Ruth Scherz‐Shouval et al. · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2014 · 74 citations

Molecular Pharmacology, Heat-shock-inducing Activity, Cellular Heat-shock Response +15

2,3-Dihydrowithaferin A-3β-O-sulfate, a new potential prodrug of withaferin A from aeroponically grown Withania somnifera

Ya-ming Xu, Marilyn T. Marron, Emily Seddon et al. · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry · 2008 · 73 citations

Withaferin A, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +7

Unusual withanolides from aeroponically grown Withania somnifera

Ya-ming Xu, Song Gao, Daniel P. Bunting et al. · Phytochemistry · 2011 · 65 citations

Oomycete, Microbiology, Unusual Withanolides