Shantu Amin

Professor of Pharmacology

Shantu Amin

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Neoplasms Therapeutics Cholesterol Selenium Pharmaceutical Preparations Proteins Glycine Genes Ceramides Tumors Muricholic Acid Intestines Gene Expression Metabolism Cells Apoptosis Esters Obesity Biotin Casein Kinase Ii Vorinostat Glutathione Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors Ion Channels Tobacco

Most Recent Publications

Glycine-β-muricholic acid antagonizes the intestinal farnesoid X receptor–ceramide axis and ameliorates NASH in mice

Jie Jiang, Yuandi Ma, Yameng Liu, Dasheng Lu, Xiaoxia Gao, Kristopher W. Krausz, Dhimant Desai, Shantu G. Amin, Andrew D. Patterson, Frank J. Gonzalez, Cen Xie, 2022, Hepatology Communications on p. 3363-3378

Black Raspberry Extract Enhances Glutathione Conjugation of the Fjord-Region Diol Epoxide Derived from the Tobacco Carcinogen Dibenzo[ def, p]chrysene in Human Oral Cells

Kun Ming Chen, Yuan Wan Sun, Dongxiao Sun, Krishne Gowda, Shantu Amin, Karam El-Bayoumy, 2022, Chemical Research in Toxicology on p. 2152-2159

Identification and biotin receptor-mediated activity of a novel seleno-biotin compound that inhibits viability of and induces apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells

Asif Raza, Amandeep Singh, Shantu Amin, Julian E. Spallholz, Arun K. Sharma, 2022, Chemico-Biological Interactions

Detection of DNA adducts derived from the tobacco carcinogens, benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[def,p]chrysene in human oral buccal cells

Kun Ming Chen, Yuan Wan Sun, Nicolle M. Krebs, Dongxiao Sun, Jacek Krzeminski, Lisa Reinhart, Krishne Gowda, Shantu Amin, Susan Mallery, John P. Richie, Karam El-Bayoumy, 2022, Carcinogenesis on p. 746-753

Development of a novel Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor that exerts anti-cancer activities potentiates response of chemotherapeutic agents in multiple myeloma stem cell-like cells

Weam Othman Elbezanti, Omar S. Al-Odat, Robert Chitren, Jaikee Kumar Singh, Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Krishne Gowda, Shantu Amin, Gavin P. Robertson, Venkatesh V. Nemmara, Subash C. Jonnalagadda, Tulin Budak-Alpdogan, Manoj K. Pandey, 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology

Delivery of Therapeutic miR-148b Mimic via Poly(β Amino Ester) Polyplexes for Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation and Apoptosis of A549 Cells

Nick A. Alden, Julien H. Arrizabalaga, Yiming Liu, Shantu Amin, Krishne Gowda, Shun Yao, Marco Archetti, Adam B. Glick, Daniel J. Hayes, 2022, Langmuir on p. 9833-9843

Drug-Tolerant Persister Cells in Cancer Therapy Resistance

Pavan Kumar Dhanyamraju, Todd D. Schell, Shantu Amin, Gavin P. Robertson, 2022, Cancer Research on p. 2503-2514

Influence of ceramide on lipid domain stability studied with small-angle neutron scattering: The role of acyl chain length and unsaturation

Mitchell DiPasquale, Tye G. Deering, Dhimant Desai, Arun K. Sharma, Shantu Amin, Todd E. Fox, Mark Kester, John Katsaras, Drew Marquardt, Frederick A. Heberle, 2022, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Targeting Protein Translation in Melanoma by Inhibiting EEF-2 Kinase Regulates Cholesterol Metabolism though SREBP2 to Inhibit Tumour Development

Saketh S. Dinavahi, Yu Chi Chen, Raghavendra Gowda, Pavan Kumar Dhanyamraju, Kishore Punnath, Dhimant Desai, Arthur Berg, Scot R. Kimball, Shantu Amin, Jin Ming Yang, Gavin P. Robertson, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Selenium-Based Novel Epigenetic Regulators Offer Effective Chemotherapeutic Alternative with Wider Safety Margins in Experimental Colorectal Cancer

Preety Ghanghas, Monika Sharma, Dhimant Desai, Kaisar Raza, Aman Bhalla, Pramod Kumar, Dipika Narula, Shantu Amin, Sankar Nath Sanyal, Naveen Kaushal, 2022, Biological Trace Element Research on p. 635-646

Most-Cited Papers

Intestinal farnesoid X receptor signaling promotes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Fei Li, Limin Zhang, Robert G. Nichols, Kristopher W. Krausz, Jingwei Cai, Yunpeng Qi, Zhong Ze Fang, Shogo Takahashi, Naoki Tanaka, Dhimant Desai, Shantu G. Amin, Istvan Albert, Andrew D. Patterson, Frank J. Gonzalez, 2015, Journal of Clinical Investigation on p. 386-402

Intestine-selective farnesoid X receptor inhibition improves obesity-related metabolic dysfunction

Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Ying Lv, Jing Li, Kristopher W. Krausz, Jingmin Shi, Chad N. Brocker, Dhimant Desai, Shantu G. Amin, William H. Bisson, Yulan Liu, Oksana Gavrilova, Andrew D. Patterson, Frank J. Gonzalez, 2015, Nature Communications

Adaptation of the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor to sense microbiota-derived indoles

Troy D. Hubbard, Iain A. Murray, William H. Bisson, Tejas S. Lahoti, Krishne Gowda, Shantu G. Amin, Andrew D. Patterson, Gary H. Perdew, 2015, Scientific Reports

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Selenium (Se-NSAID) Molecules as Anticancer Agents

Daniel Plano, Deepkamal N. Karelia, Manoj K. Pandey, Julian E. Spallholz, Shantu Amin, Arun K. Sharma, 2016, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on p. 1946-1959

Importance of sphingosine kinase (SphK) as a target in developing cancer therapeutics and recent developments in the synthesis of novel SphK inhibitors

Daniel Plano, Shantu Amin, Arun Sharma, 2014, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on p. 5509-5524

Targeting casein kinase II restores Ikaros tumor suppressor activity and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in high-risk leukemia

Chunhua Song, Chandrika Gowda, Xiaokang Pan, Yali Ding, Yongqing Tong, Bi Hua Tan, Haijun Wang, Sunil Muthusami, Zheng Ge, Mansi Sachdev, Shantu G. Amin, Dhimant Desai, Krishne Gowda, Raghavendra Gowda, Gavin P. Robertson, Hilde Schjerven, Markus Muschen, Kimberly J. Payne, Sinisa Dovat, 2015, Blood on p. 1813-1822

Genetic and pharmacological analysis identifies a physiological role for the AHR in epidermal differentiation

Ellen H. Van Den Bogaard, Michael A. Podolsky, Jos P. Smits, Xiao Cui, Christian John, Krishne Gowda, Dhimant Desai, Shantu G. Amin, Joost Schalkwijk, Gary H. Perdew, Adam B. Glick, 2015, Journal of Investigative Dermatology on p. 1320-1328

Crucial role of macrophage selenoproteins in experimental colitis

Naveen Kaushal, Avinash K. Kudva, Andrew D. Patterson, Christopher Chiaro, Mary J. Kennett, Dhimant Desai, Shantu Amin, Bradley A. Carlson, Margherita T. Cantorna, K. Sandeep Prabhu, 2014, Journal of Immunology on p. 3683-3692

Acid ceramidase is upregulated in AML and represents a novel therapeutic target

Su Fern Tan, Xin Liu, Todd E. Fox, Brian M. Barth, Arati Sharma, Stephen D. Turner, Andy Awwad, Alden Dewey, Kenichiro Doi, Barbara Spitzer, Mithun Vinod Shah, Samy A.F. Morad, Dhimant Desai, Shantu Amin, Junjia Zhu, Jason Liao, Jong Yun, Mark Kester, David F. Claxton, Hong Gang Wang, Myles C. Cabot, Edward H. Schuchman, Ross L. Levine, David J. Feith, Thomas P. Loughran, 2016, Oncotarget on p. 83208-83222

Targeting ion channels for cancer therapy by repurposing the approved drugs

Vijay Pralhad Kale, Shantu G. Amin, Manoj K. Pandey, 2015, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes on p. 2747-2755