Inhibition of histone deacetylase expands the renal progenitor cell population

…, RL Jackson, W Dai, CA Kitchens… - Journal of the …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
One of the first hallmarks of kidney regeneration is the reactivation of genes normally
required during organogenesis. Identification of chemicals with the potential to enhance this …

Microtubule binding and disruption and induction of premature senescence by disorazole C1

MB Tierno, CA Kitchens, B Petrik, TH Graham… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2009 - ASPET
Disorazoles comprise a family of 29 macrocyclic polyketides isolated from the fermentation
broth of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. The major fermentation product, …

Designing, optimizing, and implementing high-throughput siRNA genomic screening with glioma cells for the discovery of survival genes and novel drug targets

…, PR McDonald, F Zhang, CA Kitchens… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2010 - Elsevier
A major challenge for the treatment of cancers, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), has
been resistance to radiation and cancer chemotherapeutics. Short interfering RNA (siRNA) …

Synergy between microtubule destabilizing agents and neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists identified by an siRNA synthetic lethal screen

CA Kitchens, PR McDonald, IF Pollack… - The FASEB …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Coordinated microtubule polymerization and depolymerization is essential for numerous
biological functions, including mitotic spindle formation, making microtubules a prime target for …

Identification of chemosensitivity nodes for vinblastine through small interfering RNA high-throughput screens

CA Kitchens, PR McDonald, TY Shun, IF Pollack… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2011 - ASPET
Discovering chemosensitivity pathways or nodes is an attractive strategy for formulating new
drug combinations for cancer. Microtubules are among the most successful anticancer drug …

Identifying a resistance determinant for the antimitotic natural products disorazole C1 and A1

…, CE Reese, A Vogt, LL Vollmer, CA Kitchens… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2010 - ASPET
Disorazoles are macrocyclic polyketides first isolated from the fermentation broth of the
myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. Both the major fermentation product disorazole A 1 and …

Synthesis and structural characterization of glucopyranosylamide films on gold

M Kadalbajoo, J Park, A Opdahl, H Suda, CA Kitchens… - Langmuir, 2007 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of glucose derivatives on gold have been prepared
from α- and β-glucopyranosylamide derivatives. The glucosyl conjugates were synthesized …

Exploitation of small interfering RNA methodology to identify novel anticancer treatments

CA Kitchens - 2011 - search.proquest.com
The majority of current pharmacological treatments for cancer target rapidly dividing cells, a
characteristic of most cancer cells. Unfortunately, these treatments also affect cells that …

Identification of novel chemosensitivity nodes for vinblastine using siRNA synthetic lethal screens

CA Kitchens, PR McDonald, TY Shun, IF Pollack… - 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To identify novel chemosensitivity nodes for vinblastine, a clinically used microtubule destabilizing
agent, we implemented a short interfering RNA synthetic lethal screen targeting 5,520 …

Probing the role of the potent microtubule disrupting agent disorazole C1 in premature cellular senescence induction

CA Kitchens, MB Tierno, B Petrik, TH Graham, P Wipf… - 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular senescence is a permanent state of cell cycle arrest that prevents cell proliferation
but allows the cells to be metabolically active. Premature cellular senescence is stimulated by …