Design and biological characterization of hybrid compounds of curcumin and thalidomide for multiple myeloma

Liu K, Zhang D, Chojnacki J, Du Y, Fu H, Grant S, Zhang S.

Org Biomol Chem, 2013, 11, 4757-63.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23784627

BF3-OEt2-Promoted Concise Synthesis of Difluoroboron-Derivatized Curcumins from Aldehydes and 2,4-Pentanedione

Liu K, Chen J, Chojnacki J, Zhang S.

Tetrahedron Lett, 2013, 54, 2070-73.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23538780

Biological characterization of 3-(2-amino-ethyl)-5-[3-(4-butoxyl-phenyl)-propylidene]-thiazolidine-2,4-dione (K145) as a selective sphingosine kinase-2 inhibitor and anticancer agent

Liu K, Guo TL, Hait NC, Allegood J, Parikh HI, Xu W, Kellogg GE, Grant S, Spiegel S, Zhang S.

PLoS One, 2013, 8, e56471.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23437140