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2. Juang, Y.-P.; Tsai, J.-Y.; Gu, W.-L.; Hsu, H.-C.; Lin, C.-C.; Wu, C.-C.;* Liang, P.-H.* Discovery of 5Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (Juglone) Derivatives as Dual Effective Agents Targeting Platelet-Cancer Interplay through Protein Disulfide Isomerase Inhibition. J. Med. Chem. 2024, Mar 14;67(5):3626-3642.. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02107
3. Lin, C.-I.; Wang, Y.-W.; Liu, C.-Y.; Chen, H.-W,; Liang, P.-H.; Chuang, Y.-H.* Regulatory T Cells in Inflamed Liver are Dysfunctional in Murine Primary Biliary Cholangitis. Clin Exp Immunol. 2023 Oct 31:uxad117. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxad117
4. Lai, Y.-H.; Chou, Y.-T.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Wang, Y.-C.; Cao, J.-X.; Liang, P.-H.* Towards an improved triterpene 3-O-glucuronidation: the systematic determination of the relative reactivities of glucuronyl donors and acceptors, J Org Chem, 2023, June 26, 88, 9946–9958. doi.org/ 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00709 (SCI; Corresponding author)
5. Chiu, Pei-F.; Chang, C.-K.; Huang, P.-S.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Lin, C.-S.; Yang, H.-Y. ; Hsu, L.-C.; Yu, L. C.-H. ; Liang, P.-H.* Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Glucose Transporter Inhibitor-SN38 Conjugates for Targeting Colorectal Cancer. J. Med. Chem. 2023, June 20, 66, 14, 9684–9696. (SCI; Corresponding author)
6. Chou, O.; Juang, Y.-P.; Chao, T.-L.; Tsai, S.-F.; Chiu, P.-F.; Chiou, C.-T.; Tsai, K.-C.; Chang, S.-Y.; Liang, P.-H.; Wong, C.-H. Isolation of anti-SARS-CoV-2 natural products extracted from Mentha canadensis and the semi-synthesis of antiviral derivatives. J. Nat. Prod., 2023, 86, 1428–1436. (SCI; Corresponding author)
7. Chiu, P.-F.; Lin, I.-C.; Lu, Y.-L.; Chang, C.-N.; Chan, H.-Y.; Lin, T.-S.; Tsai, K.-C.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y.; Chen, M.-C.; Lin, M.-H.; Liang, P.-H. Design, structure–activity relationships, and enzyme kinetic studies of tricyclic and tetracyclic coumarin–based sulfamates as steroid sulfatase inhibitors. Bioorg. Chem., 2023, 138, 106581 (SCI; Corresponding author)
8. Chang, C.C.; Algaissi, A.; Lai, C.C.; Chang, C.-K.; Lin, J.-S.; Wang, Y.-S.; Chang, B.-H.; Chang, Y.-C.; Chen, W.-T.; Fan, Y.-Q.; Peng, B.-H.; Chao, C.-Y.; Tzeng, S.-R.; Liang, P.-H.; Sung, W.-C.; Hu, A. Y.-C.; Chang, S.; Chang, M.-F. Subunit vaccines with a saponin-based adjuvant boost humoral and cellular immunity to MERS coronavirus. Vaccine, 2023, May 16, 41(21),3337-3346
9. Yeh C.-Y.; Su S.-H.; Tan, Y.-F.; Tsai, T.-F.; Liang, P.-H.; Kelel, M.; Weng, H.J.; Hsiao, Y.-P.; Lu, C.-H.; Tsai, C.-H.; Lee, C.-H.; Clausen, BE; Liu, F.-T. Lee, Y.-L. PD-L1 Enhanced by cis-Urocanic Acid on Langerhans Cells Inhibits Vγ4+ γδT17 Cells in Psoriatic Skin Inflammation. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Mar 1, S0022-202X(23)00161-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.02.018
10. Hsiung, S. Y.; Li, J.; Imre, B.; Kao, M. R.; Liao, H.C.; Wang, D.; Chen, C. H.; Liang, P.-H. ; Harris, P. J.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y. Structures of the xyloglucans in the monocotyledon family Araceae (aroids). Planta, 2023, 257:39
11. Chang, C. -N.; Lin, I.-C.; Lin,T. S.; Chiu, P.-F.;Lu,Y.-L.; Narwane,M.; Liu, I.-C.;Hng,Y.; Tsai, K.-C.; Lin, M.-H.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y.; Chen,M.-J.; Liang, P.-H. Design, Structure–Activity, and Kinetic Studies of 3-Benzyl-5-oxa-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-2H-chromeno-(3,4-c)pyridin-8-yl Sulfamates as Steroid Sulfatase Inhibitors. Bioorg. Chem., 2022, Dec., 106148 (SCI; Corresponding author)
12. Wang, D.; Kao, M.-R.; Li, J.; Sun, P.; Meng, Q.; Vyas, A.; Liang, P.-H.; Wang, Y.-S; Hsieh, Y. * A novel two steps process in cellulose depolymerization: hematite-mediated photocatalysis by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase and Fenton reaction. J. Agr. Food Chem. 2022, Aug., 9941-9947. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02445
13. Tseng, K.-Y.; Tzeng, Z.-H.; Cheng, T.R.R.; Liang, P.-H.*; Hung, S.-C.* Design and synthesis of 1-O- and 6’-C-modified heparin sulfate trisaccharides as human endo-6-O-sulfatase 1 inhibitor. Front. Chem. 2022, Sec. Organic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.947475 (SCI; Corresponding author)
14. Juang, Y.-P.; Chou, Y.-T.; Lin, R.-X.; Ma, H.-H.; Jan, J.-T.; Chang, S.-Y.; Liang, P.-H.* Design, synthesis and biological evaluations of niclosamide analogues against SARS-CoV-2. Eur J Med Chem, 2022 May 5;235:11429 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114295 (SCI; Corresponding author)
15. Kao, T.-Y.; Wu, H.-W.; Lee, S.-S.; Liang, P.-H.; Guh, J.-H.; Hsu, L.-C., “Characterization of a fluorescent glucose derivative 1-NBDG and its application in the identification of natural SGLT1/2 inhibitors," Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, 2021, Vol. 29: Iss. 3, Article 10
16. Chang, C.-K.; Chiu, P.-F.; Yang, H.-Y.; Juang, Y.-P.; Lai, Y.-H.; Lin, T.-S.; Hsu, L-C.; Yu, L. C.-H.; Liang, P.-H.* Targeting Colorectal Cancer with Conjugates of a Glucose Transporter Inhibitor and 5-Fluorouracil. J. Med. Chem. 2021, Apr. 5th, 64, 8, 4450–4461. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00897 (SCI; Corresponding author)
17. Li, J.; Wang, D.; Chang, S.-C.; Liang, P.-H.; Srivastava, V.; Guu, S.-Y.; Shie, J.-J.; Khoo, K.-H.; Bulone, V.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y.* Production of Structurally Defined Chito-Oligosaccharides with a Single N-Acetylation at Their Reducing End Using a Newly Discovered Chitinase from Paenibacillus pabuli, J. Agric. Food Chem. 2021, Mar 24; 69(11):3371-3379
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20. Juang, Y.-P.; Liang, P.-H. Biological and Pharmacological Effects of Synthetic Saponins, Molecules 2020, 25(21), 4974. doi.org/10.3390/molecules25214974 (Invited review)
21. Cheng, W.C.; You, T.-Y.; Teo, Z.-Z.; Sayyad, A.-A.; Maharana, J.; Guo, C.-W. Liang, P.-H.; Lin, C.-S.; Meng, F.-C. Further Insights on Structural Modifications of Muramyl Dipeptides to Study the Human NOD2 Stimulating Activity. Chem Asian J. 2020 Sep 25. doi.org/10.1002/asia.202001003
22. Kelel, M.; Yang, R.-B.; Tsai, T.-F.; Liang, P.-H.; Wu, F.-Y.; Huang, Y.-T.; Yang, M.-F.; Hsiao, Y.-P.; Wang, L.-F.; Tu, C.-F.; Liu, F.-T.; Lee, Y.L. FUT8 Remodeling of EGFR Regulates Epidermal Keratinocyte Proliferation during Psoriasis Development, J Invest Dermato, 2020 Sep 2; S0022-202X(20)32046-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2020.07.030
23. Juang, Y.-P.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Chan, S.-H.; Chang, C.-K.; Shie, J.-J.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y.; Guh, J.-H.; Liang, P.-H. Synthesis, Distribution Analysis, and Mechanism Studies of N-acyl Glucosamine-Bearing Oleanolic Saponins. Bioorg Chem, 2020 Jun, 99, 103835. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103835 (SCI; Corresponding author)
24. Hng, Y.; Lin, M.-H.; Lin, T.-S.; Liu, I.-C.; Lin, I.-C.; Lu, Y.-L.; Chang, C.-N.; Chiu, P.-F.; Tsai, K.-C.; Chen, M.-J.; Liang, P.-H. Design and Synthesis of 3-Benzylaminocoumarin-7-O-Sulfamate Derivatives as Steroid Sulfatase Inhibitors. Bioorg Chem, 2020 Mar; 96, 103618. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103618 (SCI; Corresponding author)
25. Lin, T.-S.; Hsieh, C.-H.; Kuo, C.; Juang, Y.-P.; Hsieh, Y.S.Y Chiang, H.; Hung, S.-C.; Jiang, C.-C.; Liang, P.-H.* Sulfation Pattern of Chondroitin Sulfate in Human Osteoarthritis Cartilages Reveals a Lower Level of Chondroitin-4-Sulfate. Carbohydr Polym. 2020 Feb 1;229:115496. doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115496 (SCI; Corresponding author)
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29. Wong, T.-Y.; Tsai, MS.; Hsu, L.-C.; Lin, S.-W.; Liang, P.-H.*Traversal of the Blood-Brain Barrier by Cleavable l-Lysine Conjugates of Apigenin. J Agric Food Chem. 2018 Aug 1;66(30):8124-8131. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01187 (SCI; Corresponding author)
30. Lu, Y.-J.; Lai, Y.-H.; Lin, Y.-Y. Wang, Y.-C.; Liang, P.-H.* 2-O-N-Benzylcarbamoyl as a Protecting group to Promote ß-Selective Glycosylation and Its Applications in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Oligosaccharides. J Org Chem. 2018 Apr 6;83(7):3688-3701. doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b00047 (SCI; Corresponding author)
31. Chan, S.-H.; Liang, P.-H.; Guh, J.-H. An integrated approach to elucidate signaling pathways of dioscin-induced apoptosis, energy metabolism and differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia.Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2018 Jun;391(6):587-602. doi.org/10.1007/s00210-018-1484-6
32. Cheng, H.–W.; Wang, H.-W.; Wong, T.-Y.; Yeh, H.-W.; Chen, Y.-C.; Liu, D.-Z.; Liang, P.-H.* Synthesis of S-linked NeuAc-α(2-6)-di-LacNAc Bearing Liposomes for H1N1 Influenza Virus Inhibition Assays. Bioorg Med Chem. 2018 May 15;26(9):2262-2270. doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.02.012 (SCI; Corresponding author)
33. Lin, Y.-Y.; Chan, S.-H.; Juang, Y.-P.; Hsiao, H.-M.; Guh, J.-H.; Liang, P.-H.* Design, Synthesis, and Cytotoxic Activity of N-Modified Oleanolic Saponins Bearing A Glucosamine. Eur J Med Chem. 2018 Jan 1;143:1942-1958. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.004 (SCI; Corresponding author)
34. Lin, T.-S.; Tsai, W.-T.; Liang, P.-H.* Rearrangement Reactions in the Fluorination of D-Glucopyranoside at C-4 Position by DAST. Tetrahedron, 2016,72, 5571-5577 (SCI; Corresponding author)
35. Yeh,H.-W.; Lin, T.-S.; Wang, H.-W.; Cheng, H.-W.; Liu, D.-Z.;Liang, P.-H.* S-Linked Sialyloligosaccharides Bearing Liposomes and Micelles as Influenza Virus Inhibitors. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 3(47):11518-28 (SCI; Corresponding author)
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37. Jiang P.-L.; Lin, H.-J.; Wang, H.-W, Tsai, W.-Y.; Lin, S.-F.; Chien, M.Y.; Liang, P.-H.; Huang, Y.-Y.; Liu, D.-Z.* Galactosylated liposome as a dendritic cell-targeted mucosal vaccine for inducing protective anti-tumor immunity. Acta Biomater 2015, 11, 356-67.
38. Zeng, Y.-B.; Hsiao, H.-M.; Chan, S.-H.; Wang, Y.-H.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Kuo, Y.-H.; Guh, J.-H.; Liang, P.-H.* Synthesis and anti-cancer activity of a glycosyl library of N-acetylglucosamine-bearing oleanolic acid. Mol Div 2014, 18, 13-23. (SCI; Corresponding author)
39. Lin, T.-S.; Liw, Y.-W.; Song, J. S.; Hsieh, T.-C.; Yeh, H.-W.; Hsu, L.-C.; Lin, C.-J.; Wu, S.-H.; Liang, P.-H.* Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel C-aryl D-glucofuranosides as sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2013, 21, 6282-6291. (SCI; Corresponding author)
40. Su, M.-W.; Tsai, C.-H.; Tung, K.-Y.; Hwang, B.-F.; Liang, P.-H.; Chiang, B.-L.; Yang, Y.-H.; Lee, Y.-L.* GSTP1 is a hub gene for gene-air pollution interactions on childhood asthma. Allergy 2013, 68, 1614-7.
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45. Chen, K.-T.; Kuan, Y. C.; Fu, W.-C.; Liang, P.-H.; Cheng, T. J.; Wong, C.-H.; Cheng, W.-C.* Rapid preparation of mycobacterium N-glycolyl lipid I and lipid II derivatives: a biocatalytic approach. Chemistry 2013, 19, 834-8.
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50. Tsou, E.-L.; Yeh, Y.-T; Liang, P.-H.; Cheng, W.-C.* A convenient approach toward the synthesis of enantiopure isomers of DMDP and ADMDP. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 93-100.
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