Luke Whitesell

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 24 papers. Top paper: “Adaptive laboratory evolution in S. cerevisiae highlights role of transcription factors in fungal xenobiotic resistance”.

Adaptive laboratory evolution in S. cerevisiae highlights role of transcription factors in fungal xenobiotic resistance

Communications Biology(2022)10.1038/s42003-022-03076-7

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0.652DataRank · unranked

24 citations

Madeline R. Luth, Erich Hellemann, Gregory M. Goldgof, Eddy Vigil, Prianka Kumar +27 more

The macrophage-derived protein PTMA induces filamentation of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109584

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0.449DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Kwamaa Duah, Brett Larsen, Cassandra J. Wong, Anne‐Claude Gingras, Teresa R. O’Meara +5 more

An HSF1–JMJD6–HSP feedback circuit promotes cell adaptation to proteotoxic stress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2313370121

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Martina Koeva, Seesha Takagishi, Dmitri Segal, David R. Amici, Roger S. Smith +7 more

A small molecule produced by Lactobacillus species blocks Candida albicans filamentation by inhibiting a DYRK1-family kinase

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-26390-w

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113 citations

Martin Daniel-Ivad, Zhongle Liu, Junko Yano, Nicole M. Revie, Robert T. Todd +14 more

Fluorescence Polarization‐Based Measurement of Protein‐Ligand Interaction in Fungal Cell Lysates

Current Protocols(2021)10.1002/cpz1.17

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3 citations

Tanvi Shekhar‐Guturja, Luke Whitesell, Leah E. Cowen, Emmanuelle V. LeBlanc

Defining the Yeast Resistome through in vitro Evolution and Whole Genome Sequencing

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.02.17.430112

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4 citations

Madeline R. Luth, Erich Hellemann, Gregory M. Goldgof, Eddy Vigil, Prianka Kumar +27 more

Targeting fungal membrane homeostasis with imidazopyrazoindoles impairs azole resistance and biofilm formation

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-31308-1

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48 citations

Kali R. Iyer, Michelle E. Maxson, Jiabao Zhang, Su Yan, Caroline Mota Fernandes +22 more

Identification of triazenyl indoles as inhibitors of fungal fatty acid biosynthesis with broad-spectrum activity

Cell chemical biology(2023)10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.06.005

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28 citations

Sheena C. Li, Nicole M. Revie, Jennifer W. Lou, Dustin Duncan, Sara Fallah +23 more

Multifactor transcriptional control of alternative oxidase induction integrates diverse environmental inputs to enable fungal virulence

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40209-w

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20 citations

Pauline Basso, Saif Hossain, Sean D. Liston, Nicole Robbins, Luke Whitesell +3 more

Respiration supports intraphagosomal filamentation and escape of Candida albicans from macrophages

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02745-23

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16 citations

Johannes Westman, Michael Hallett, Jonathan Plumb, Aiman Farheen, Michelle E. Maxson +8 more

Potent Antifungal Activity of Penta-O-galloyl-β-d-Glucose against Drug-Resistant Candida albicans, Candida auris, and Other Non-albicans Candida Species

ACS Infectious Diseases(2023)10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00113

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18 citations

Yunjin Lee, Dustin Duncan, Luke Whitesell, Leah E. Cowen, Cassandra L. Quave +1 more

DYRK-family kinases regulate Candida albicans morphogenesis and virulence through the Ras1/PKA pathway

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02183-23

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16 citations

Zhongle Liu, Saif Hossain, Luke Whitesell, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen +1 more

A chemical screen identifies structurally diverse metal chelators with activity against the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Microbiology Spectrum(2024)10.1128/spectrum.04095-23

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10 citations

Dustin Duncan, Kyle D. Reichl, Michael J. Smith, Wenyu Wang, John A. Porco +5 more

Allosteric inhibition of tRNA synthetase Gln4 by N-pyrimidinyl-β-thiophenylacrylamides exerts highly selective antifungal activity

Cell chemical biology(2024)10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.01.010

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5 citations

David Sychantha, Elizabeth Lach, Shawn Reeves, Sunna Nabeela, Meea Fogal +12 more

Naamidine A reveals a promising zinc-binding strategy for topical antifungal therapy

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy(2024)10.1128/aac.01194-24

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2 citations

Sunna Nabeela, Christopher C. Thornburg, Tanja Grkovic, Priya Uppuluri, Luke Whitesell +4 more

Structure-guided optimization of small molecules targeting Yck2 as a strategy to combat Candida albicans

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-57346-z

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12 citations

Meganathan Nandakumar, Bonnie Yiu, P.J. Stogios, Benjamin G. Strickland, Robert Żarnowski +9 more

Chemoproteomic Profiling of C. albicans for Characterization of Antifungal Kinase Inhibitors

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry(2025)10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00097

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6 citations

Meganathan Nandakumar, Aurora Cabrera, Bonnie Yiu, Emily Puumala, Zhongle Liu +12 more

A cationic amphiphilic drug synergizes with strobilurin fungicides to control fungal-borne plant diseases

Cell chemical biology(2025)10.1016/j.chembiol.2025.05.008

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4 citations

Christopher Blackman, Mackenzie Eli William Loranger, Richard Trilles, Kalina Doytchinova-Weil, Stephen S. Scully +12 more

Structure-guided optimization of small molecules targeting the yeast casein kinase, Yck2, as a therapeutic strategy to combat Candida albicans

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-5524306/v1

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1 citations

Emily Puumala, Meganathan Nandakumar, Bonnie Yiu, P.J. Stogios, Benjamin G. Strickland +9 more

Chemoproteomic Profiling of C. albicans for Characterization of Anti-fungal Kinase Inhibitors

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.01.10.632200

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Meganathan Nandakumar, Aurora Cabrera, Bonnie Yiu, Emily Puumala, Zhongle Liu +12 more

An oxindole efflux inhibitor potentiates azoles and impairs virulence in the fungal pathogen Candida auris

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-20183-3

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71 citations

Kaddy Camara, Martin Daniel-Ivad, Richard Trilles, Sheila Marie Pimentel‐Elardo, Jen Fossen +17 more

Structure-activity Relationship for Diarylpyrazoles as Inhibitors of the Fungal Kinase Yck2

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.07.12.664496

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Bonnie Yiu, Ikeer Y. Mancera-Ortiz, P.J. Stogios, Zhongle Liu, Nicole Robbins +5 more

Overcoming Fungal Echinocandin Resistance through Inhibition of the Non-essential Stress Kinase Yck2

Cell chemical biology(2020)10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.12.008

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61 citations

Álvaro Lorente‐Macías, P.J. Stogios, E. Evdokimova, Sabrina Hyde, Melanie Wellington +11 more

Translation Inhibition by Rocaglates Activates a Species-Specific Cell Death Program in the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.03329-19

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39 citations

Luke Whitesell, John A. Porco, Thomas Henkel, Lauren E. Brown, Nicole Robbins +2 more