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77. Marshall Lougee, Grace Park, Heejong Kim, Jiya Fowler, Zongtao Lin, Houssein Fazelinia, Lynn Spruce, Evan Yanagawa, Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Benjamin A. Garcia, Melike Lakadamyali, E. James Petersson*. Determination of α-Synuclein Protein Interactions by μMap Photo-proximity Labeling. bioRxiv. 2025.

76. Xin Lan, Richard Searfoss, Daniel Lee, Sahil Bhaskaran, Thilini Abeywansha, Benjamin Garcia, Zongtao Lin*, Yi Zhang*. Reconstitution of Protein Arginylation Pathways in Bacteria for Robust Identification and Quantification. (under revision). 2025.

75. Lina Greenberg, W Tom Stump, Zongtao Lin, Andrea L Bredemeyer, Thomas Blackwell, Xian Han, Akiva E Greenberg, Benjamin A Garcia, Kory J Lavine, Michael J Greenberg*. Harnessing molecular mechanism for precision medicine in dilated cardiomyopathy caused by a mutation in troponin T. bioRxiv. 2024. (under revision).

74. Xiaoqing Cheng, Jacob Hsia, Jesus Iraheta, Joanna Gongora, Maureen Highkin, Xiaohua Jin, Zhanfang Guo, Julie L. Prior, John R. Edwards, Shunqiang Li, Ian S. Hagemann, Cynthia Ma, Zongtao Lin, Benjamin Garcia, Ron Bose*. HER2;p53 Co-mutated Cancers Show Increased Histone Acetylation and are Sensitive to Neratinib plus Trastuzumab Deruxtecan. (under review). 2025.

 

Rutgers

73. Richard Searfoss, Benjamin A Garcia, Zongtao Lin*. Method Overview for Discovering ATE1 Substrates and Their Arginylation Sites. ChemBioChem. 2025, 26, 23: e202500663. (review)

 

Before Rutgers

2025

72. Marie Shimogawa, Ming‑Hao Li, Grace Shin Hye Park, Jennifer Ramirez, Hudson Lee, Paris R Watson, Swati Sharma, Zongtao Lin, Chao Peng, Benjamin A Garcia, David W Christianson, Elizabeth Rhoades, David Eliezer, E James Petersson*. Investigation of All Disease-Relevant Lysine Acetylation Sites in α-Synuclein Enabled by Non-canonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis. eLife. 2025, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.109043.1.

71. Karki Rashmi, Richard Searfoss, Zongtao Lin, Benjamin A Garcia*. Bottom-up Proteomics Analysis of Histone Post-translational Modifications by Data-independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry. Methods in Mol. Bio. (accepted).

70. Kyosuke Shishikura, Jiasong Li, Yiming Chen, Nate R. McKnight, Thomas P. Keeley, Katelyn A. Bustin, Eric W. Barr, Snehil R. Chilkamari, Mahaa Ayub, Sun Woo Kim, Zongtao Lin, Ren-Ming Hu, Kelly Hicks, Xie Wang, Donald M. O’Rourke, J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Zev A. Binder, William H. Parsons, Kirill A. Martemyanov, Aimin Liu, Megan L. Matthews*. Hydralazine inhibits cysteamine dioxygenase to treat preeclampsia and senesce glioblastoma. Science Advances. 2025, 11, eadx7687.

69. Zongtao Lin*, Yixuan Xie, Joanna Gongora, Xingyu Liu, Emily Zahn, Bibhuti Bhusana Palai, Daniel Ramirez, Rick M Searfoss, Francisca N Vitorino, Geoffrey P Dann, Chenfeng Zhao, Xian Han, Brittany MacTaggart, Xin Lan, Dechen Fu, Lina Greenberg, Yi Zhang, Kory J Lavine, Michael J Greenberg, Dongwen Lv, Anna Kashina, Benjamin A Garcia*. An Unbiased Proteomic Platform for ATE1-based Arginylation Profiling.  Nature Chem. Bio. 2025, 21, 1970-1980.

(News & Views. Tracing the mark of arginine. Nature Chem Bio, 2025)

68. Qing Cao, Aaron Ammerman, Mierxiati Saimi, Zongtao Lin, Guomin Shen, Huaping Chen, Jie Sun, Mengqi Chai, Shixuan Liu, Fong-Fu Hsu, Andrzej M Krezel, Michael L Gross, Jinbin Xu, Benjamin A Garcia, Bin Liu, Weikai Li*. Molecular basis of vitamin-K-driven γ-carboxylation at the membrane interface. Nature. 2025. 639(8055):816.

(Research Highlight. Osteocalcin has many tricks to get γ-carboxylated. Cell Research, 2025)

Technology Networks. How Does Vitamin K Regulate Blood Clotting? June 12, 2025.

Phys.org. Detailed molecular steps of blood clotting revealed in new study. June 11, 2025.

Mirage News. Research Unveils Molecular Steps in Blood Clotting. June 12, 2025.

Yahoo news. Austin Daily Herald. Nature study co-led by Institute professor sheds new light on process blood clotting, immune response. February 21, 2025.

67. Richard M Searfoss, Emily Zahn, Zongtao Lin, Benjamin A Garcia*. Establishing a Top-Down Proteomics Platform on a Time-of-Flight Instrument with Electron-Activated Dissociation. J Proteome Res. 2025. 24(3):1230.
66. Yazhuo Huang, Senfeng Sun, Runxin Yin, Zongtao Lin, Daidong Wang, Wanwan Wang, Xiangyu Fu, Jing Wang, Xinyu Lei, Mimi Sun, Shizhong Chen, Hong Wang*. A New Protein-Ligand Trapping System to Rapidly Screen and Discover Small-Molecule Inhibitors of PD-L1 from Natural Products. Molecules ,2025, 30(8), 1754
65. Xingyu Liu, Li Yi, Zongtao Lin, Siyu Chen, Shunyang Wang, Ying Sheng, Carlito B Lebrilla, Benjamin A Garcia, Yixuan Xie*. Metabolic Control of Glycosylation Forms for Establishing Glycan-Dependent Protein Interaction Networks. PNAS. 2025, 122 (25) e2422936122.
64. Qing Cao, Aaron Ammerman, Zongtao Lin, Huaping Chen, Jinbin Xu, Benjamin A Garcia, Bin Liu, Jianjun Fan, Samjhana Awasthi, Saimi Mierxiati, Weikai Li*. Structural insights into the vitamin K-dependent γ-carboxylation of osteocalcin. Cell Research. 2025, 35: 735.

(Research Highlight. Osteocalcin has many tricks to get γ-carboxylated. Cell Research, 2025)

ScienMag. Unveiling Vitamin K’s Role in Osteocalcin Activation. September 02, 2025.

63. Richard M Searfoss, Xingyu Liu, Benjamin A Garcia*, Zongtao Lin*. Top-down Proteomics for the Characterization and Quantification of Calreticulin Arginylation. Anal Chem. 2025, 97, 29, 15562-15569. (cover article)

62. Yixuan Xie, Xingyu Liu, Chenfeng Zhao, Siyu Chen, Shunyang Wang, Zongtao Lin, Faith Robison, Benson George, Li Yi, Carlito Lebrilla*, Ryan Flynn*, Benjamin A. Garcia*. Development and application of GlycanDIA workflow for glycomic analysis. Nature Comm. 2025, 16: 7075.

2024
61. Yufeng Xiao, Yaxia Yuan, Yi Liu, Zongtao Lin, Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Dongwen Lv*. Targeted Protein Degradation: Current and Emerging Approaches for E3 Ligase Deconvolution. J Med Chem. 2024, 67 (14), 11580.
60. Zongtao Lin*, Benjamin A Garcia*, Dongwen Lv*. Bifunctional Peptide Nanofibrils for Targeted Protein Degradation. Angew Chemie Intl Ed, 2024, e202316581. (commentary)
59. Yixuan Xie, Carolina Brás-Costa, Zongtao Lin, Benjamin A Garcia*. Mass spectrometry analysis of nucleic acid modifications: from beginning to future. Mass Spectrom Rev. 2024. DOI: 10.1002/mas.21907. (review)
58. Josue Baeza, Barbara E Coons, Zongtao Lin, John Riley, Mariel Mendoza, William H Peranteau, Benjamin A Garcia*. In utero pulse injection of isotopic amino acids quantifies protein turnover rates during murine fetal development. Cell Rep Methods, 2024, 4, 2, 100713.
57. Mimi Sun, Xinyu Lei, Xin Lan, Zongtao Lin, Hongbo Xu, Shizhong Chen*. Online identification of potential antioxidant components and evaluation of DNA oxidative damage protection ability in Prunus persica flowers. Talanta, 2024, 126702.
56. Yufeng Xiao, Nikee Awasthee, Yi Liu, Chengcheng Meng, Michael Y He, Seth Hale, Rashmi Karki, Zongtao Lin, Megan Mosterio, Benjamin A Garcia, Robert Kridel, Daiqing Liao, Guangrong Zheng*. Discovery of a Highly Potent and Selective HDAC8 Degrader: Advancing the Functional Understanding and Therapeutic Potential of HDAC8. J Med Chem. 2024, 67 (15), 12784.
55. Emily Zahn, Yixuan Xie, Xingyu Liu, Rashmi Karki, Richard M Searfoss, Francisca N de Luna Vitorino, Joanna K Lempiäinen, Joanna Gongora, Zongtao Lin, Chenfeng Zhao, Zuo-Fei Yuan, Benjamin A Garcia*. Development of a high-throughput platform for quantification of histone modifications on a new QTOF instrument. Mol. Cell. Proteom. 2024. 24:100897.

2023
54. Zongtao Lin*, Joanna Gongora, Xingyu Liu, Yixuan Xie, Chenfeng Zhao, Dongwen Lv, Benjamin A Garcia*. Automation to Enable High-throughput Chemical Proteomics. J Proteome Res., 2023, 22, 12, 3676. (Perspective)
53. Yixuan Xie, Francisca N De Luna Vitorino, Ye Chen, Joanna K Lempiäinen, Chenfeng Zhao, Robert T Steinbock, Zongtao Lin, Xingyu Liu, Emily Zahn, Arabella L Garcia, Matthew D Weitzman, Benjamin A Garcia*. SWAMNA: a comprehensive platform for analysis of nucleic acid modifications. Chem., Comm., 2023, 59 (83), 12499.
52. Katelyn A Bustin, Kyosuke Shishikura, Irene Chen, Zongtao Lin, Nate McKnight, Yuxuan Chang, Xie Wang, Jing Jing Li, Eric Arellano, Liming Pei, Paul D Morton, Ann M Gregus, Matthew W Buczynski, Megan L Matthews*. Phenelzine-based probes reveal Secernin-3 is involved in thermal nociception. Mol. Cell. Neurosci., 2023, 125, 103842.
51. Leonard C Rogers, Jeff C Kremer, Caitlyn B Brashears, Zongtao Lin, Zhixian Hu, Alliny C S Bastos, Adriana Baker, Nicole Fettig, Dong Zhou, Kooresh I Shoghi, Carina A Dehner, John S A Chrisinger, John S Bomalaski, Benjamin A Garcia, Toshinao Oyama, Eileen P White, Brian A Van Tine*. Discovery and targeting of a noncanonical mechanism of resistance to ADI-PEG20 mediated by the microenvironment. Clin. Can. Res., 2023, 29 (16), 3189.
50. Richard M Searfoss, Rashmi Karki, Zongtao Lin, Faith Robison, Benjamin A Garcia*. An Optimized and High-Throughput Method for Histone Propionylation and Data-Independent Acquisition Analysis for the Identification and Quantification of Histone Post-translational Modifications. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2023, 34 (11), 2508.

2022
49. Xie Wang, Zongtao Lin, Katelyn A Bustin, Nate R McKnight, William H Parsons, Megan L Matthews*. Discovery of potent and selective inhibitors against protein-derived electrophilic cofactors. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144 (12), 5377. (cover article).

C&EN News. Using hydrazines to probe protein active sites. March 28, 2022.


48. Yixuan Xie, Kevin A Janssen, Alessandro Scacchetti, Elizabeth G Porter, Zongtao Lin, Roberto Bonasio, Benjamin A Garcia*. Permethylation of ribonucleosides provides enhanced mass spectrometry quantification of post-transcriptional RNA modifications. Anal. Chem., 2022, 94 (20), 7246.
47. Xiaoke Nan, Weijuan Jia, Yuankuan Zhang, Hong Wang, Zongtao Lin*, Shizhong Chen*. An on-line detection system for screening small molecule inhibitors of α-amylase and α-glucosidase in prunus mume. J Chromatogr A, 2022, 1663, 462754.

2021
46. Zongtao Lin, Xie Wang, Katelyn A Bustin, Kyosuke Shishikura, Nate R McKnight, Lin He, Radu M Suciu, Kai Hu, Xian Han, Mina Ahmadi, Erika J Olson, William H Parsons, Megan L Matthews*. Activity-based hydrazine probes for protein profiling of electrophilic functionality in therapeutic targets. ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 7, 1524. (cover article).

C&EN News. Using hydrazines to probe protein active sites. March 28, 2022.

Penn Today. Versatile ‘chemoproteomic probes’ for activity-based protein profiling. September 01, 2021.

2020
45. Suzanne E Dettling, Mina Ahmadi, Zongtao Lin, Lin He, Megan L Matthews*. Discovery of Electrophiles and Profiling of Enzyme Cofactors. Curr Protoc Chem. Biol, 2020, 12, e86.
44. Shanshan Deng, Raisa I Krutilina, Qinghui Wang, Zongtao Lin, Deanna N Parke, Hilaire C Playa, Hao Chen, Duane D Miller, Tiffany N Seagroves, Wei Li*. An orally available tubulin inhibitor, VERU-111, suppresses triple-negative breast cancer tumor growth and metastasis and bypasses taxane resistance. Mol Cancer Ther, 2020, 19, 348.
43. Andrzej T Slominski*, Tae-Kang Kim, Konrad Kleszczyński, Igor Semak, Zorica Janjetovic, Trevor Sweatman, Cezary Skobowiat, Jeffery D Steketee, Zongtao Lin, Arnold Postlethwaite, Wei Li, Russel J Reiter, Desmond J Tobin. Characterization of Serotonin and N-acetylserotonin Systems in the Human Skin. J Pineal Res. 2020, 68, e12626.
42. Yukun Luo, Hong Wang, Xiang Li, Tian He, Daidong Wang, Wanwan Wang, Weijuan Jia, Zongtao Lin*, Shizhong Chen*. One injection to profile the chemical composition and dual-antioxidation activities of Rosa chinensis Jacq. J. Chromatogr. A. 2020, 1613, 460663.

2019
41. Baobao Zhang, Haitao Yu, Wei Lu, Bo Yu, Lei Liu, Weijuan Jia, Zongtao Lin, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Four new honokiol derivatives from the stem bark of Magnolia officinalis and their anticholinesterase activities. Phytochem. Lett. 2019, 29, 195.
40. Yanyan Niu, Hong Wang, Xin Tong, Xiang Li, Ning Guo, Xiaotian Zhang, Yukun Luo, Yaning Gao, Tian He, Zongtao Lin*, Shizhong Chen*. Development of an on-line analytical platform to screen haptens in shuxuening injection based on high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ion-trap multistage mass spectrometry and human serum albumin fluorescence detection. J. Chromatogr. A. 2019, 1598:232.

2018
39. Xiaotian Zhang, Feng Ji, Yueqi Li, Tian He, Ya Han, Daidong Wang, Zongtao Lin*, Shizhong Chen*. Rapid Determination of Two Triterpenoid Acids in Chaenomelis Fructus Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction On-line Coupled with Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. Anal. Sci. 2018, 34: 407.
38. Zongtao Lin, Srinivasa R Marepally, Emily S Y Goh, Chloe Y S Cheng, Zorica Janjetovic, Tae-Kang Kim, Duane D Miller, Arnold E Postlethwaite, Andrzej T Slominski, Robert C Tuckey, Carole Peluso-Iltis, Natacha Rochel, Wei Li*. Investigation of 20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 analogs and their 1α-OH derivatives as potent vitamin D receptor agonists with anti-inflammatory activities. Sci. Rep. 2018, 8: 19183.

2017
37. Shanshan Deng, Zongtao Lin, Wei Li*. Recent advances in antibody-drug conjugates for breast cancer treatment. Cur. Med. Chem. 2017, 24: 2505. (review)
36. Hao Chen1, Zongtao Lin1, Kinsie E Arnst, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Tubulin inhibitor-based antibody-drug conjugates for cancer therapy. Molecules, 2017, 22: 1281. (review)
35. Andrzej T. Slominski*, Tae-Kang Kim, Judith V. Hobrath, Zorica Janjetovic, Allen S. W. Oak, Arnold Postlethwaite, Zongtao Lin, Wei Li, Yukimasa Takeda, Anton M. Jetten & Robert C. Tuckey. Characterization of a new pathway activating lumisterol in vivo to bioactive hydroxylumisterols. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7: 11434.
34. Hong Wang, Xiaotian Zhang, Daidong Wang, Hongyang Sun, Yuexiang Lan, Haixiu Jiang, Shizhong Chen, Zongtao Lin*. An on-line approach for detecting haptens in Shuang-huang-lian powder injection. J. Chromatogr. A. 2017, 1513:126.
33. Yanqing Guan, Jing Dong, Shizhong Chen, Meixian Liu, Daidong Wang, Xiaotian Zhang, Hong Wang, Zongtao Lin*. Spectroscopic studies of the interaction mechanisms between mono-caffeoylquinic acids and transferrin. Spectrochim. Acta Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2017, 181: 82.
32. Zichen Liu1, Zongtao Lin1, Shizhong Chen, Lingjun Wang, Shaoxiang Xian*. Rapid screening of potential phosphodiesterase inhibitors from Ilex Pubescens Hook. et Arn. using ultrafiltration LC‒MS. Evid. Based Complement. Alternat. Med. 2017: 2749643.
31. Zongtao Lin, Hao Chen, Anna Y Belorusova, John C Bollinger, Edith K Y Tang, Zorica Janjetovic, Tae-Kang Kim, Zhongzhi Wu, Duane D Miller, Andrzej T Slominski, Arnold E Postlethwaite, Robert C Tuckey, Natacha Rochel, Wei Li*. 1α,20S-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Interacts with Vitamin D Receptor: Crystal Structure and Route of Chemical Synthesis. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7:10193.

2016
30. Zongtao Lin, Wei Li*. The Roles of Vitamin D and Its Analogs in Inflammatory Diseases. Cur. Top. Med. Chem. 2016, 16: 1242.
29. Qingrong Fu, Cangman Zhang, Zongtao Lin, Hongyang Sun, Yi Liang, Haixiu Jiang, Zhiling Song, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Rapid screening and identification of compounds with DNA-binding activity from Folium Citri Reticulatae using on-line HPLC–DAD–MSn coupled with a post column fluorescence detection system. Food Chem. 2016, 192: 250.
28. Meixian Liu, Jing Dong, Zongtao Lin, Yanyan Niu, Xiaotian Zhang, Haixiu Jiang, Ning Guo, Wei Li, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Rapid screening of transferrin-binders in the flowers of Bauhinia blakeana Dunn by on-line high-performance liquid chromatography-diode-array detector-electrospray ionization-ion-trap-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry-transferrin-fluorescence detection system. J. Chromatogr. A. 2016. 1450: 17.
27. Sensen Li, Zongtao Lin, Haixiu Jiang, Lingkun Tong, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Rapid identification and assignation of the active ingredients in Fufang Banbianlian Injection using HPLC-DAD-ESI-IT-TOF-MS. J. Chromatogr. Sci. 2016. 54: 1225.
26. Yanyan Niu, Sensen Li, Zongtao Lin, Meixian Liu, Daidong Wang, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Development of propidium iodide as a fluorescence probe for the on-line screening of non-specific DNA-intercalators in Fufang Banbianlian Injection. J. Chromatogr. A. 2016. 1463: 102.
25. Zongtao Lin, Srinivasa R Marepally, Tae-Kang Kim, Zorica Janjetovic, Allen Sw Oak, Arnold E Postlethwaite, Linda K Myers, Robert C Tuckey, Andrzej T Slominski, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Design, Synthesis and Biological Activities of Novel Gemini 20S-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Analogs. Anticancer Res. 2016, 36: 877.
24. Zongtao Lin, Srinivasa R Marepally, Dejian Ma, Tae-Kang Kim, Allen Sw Oak, Linda K Myers, Robert C Tuckey, Andrzej T Slominski, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Vitamin D3 Metabolite 20S,23S-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Its 23R Epimer. J. Med. Chem. 2016, 59: 5102.

2015
23. Tae-Kang Kim, Zongtao Lin, William J Tidwell, Wei Li, Andrzej T Slominski*. Melatonin and its metabolites accumulate in the human epidermis in vivo and inhibit proliferation and tyrosinase activity in epidermal melanocytes in vitro. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 2015, 404: 1-8.
22. Cangman Zhang, Biao Ren, Zongtao Lin, Lingkun Tong, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. An analysis method for simultaneous screening of deoxyribonucleic acid-binding active compounds and investigating their mechanisms by ultra-fast liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry coupled with fluorescence detection technology. J. Chromatogr. A. 2015, 1381: 160.
21. Tae-Kang Kim, Zongtao Lin, Wei Li, Russel J Reiter, Andrzej T Slominski*. N1-Acetyl-5-Methoxykynuramine (AMK) Is Produced in the Human Epidermis and Shows Antiproliferative Effects. Endocrinology. 2015, 156: 1630.
20. Ajeeth K Pingili, Mehmet Kara, Nayaab S Khan, Anne M Estes, Zongtao Lin, Wei Li, Frank J Gonzalez, Kafait U Malik*. 6β-Hydroxytestosterone, a Cytochrome P450 1B1 Metabolite of Testosterone, Contributes to Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension and Its Pathogenesis in Male Mice. Hypertension. 2015, 65:1279.
19. Min Xiao, Jin Wang, Zongtao Lin, Yan Lu, Zhenmei Li, Stephen W White, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Design, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Novel Survivin Inhibitors with Potent Anti-Proliferative Properties. PLoS One. 2015; 10: e0129807.
18. Hongyang Sun, Meixian Liu, Zongtao Lin, Haixiu Jiang, Yanyan Niu, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Comprehensive identification of 125 multifarious constituents in Shuang-huang-lian powder injection by HPLC-DAD-ESI-IT-TOF-MS. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2015, 115: 86.
17. Xiaoxia Zhang, Zongtao Lin, Jinggui Fang, Meixian Liu, Yanyan Niu, Shizhong Chen, Hong Wang*. An on-line high-performance liquid chromatography-diode-array detector-electrospray ionization-ion-trap-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry-total antioxidant capacity detection system applying two antioxidant methods for activity evaluation of the edible flowers from Prunus mume. J. Chromatogr. A. 2015, 1414: 88.
16. Qinghui Wang, Zongtao Lin, Tae-Kang Kim, Andrzej T Slominski, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Total synthesis of biologically active 20S-hydroxyvitamin D3. Steroids. 2015, 104: 153.
15. Sensen Li, Haixiu Jiang, Zongtao Lin, Shanshan Deng, Yanqing Guan, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. An on-line high-performance liquid chromatography−diode-array detector−multi-stage mass spectrometry−deoxyribonucleic acid−4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole−fluorescence detector system for screening the DNA-binding active compounds in Fufang Banbianlian Injection. J. Chromatogr. A. 2015, 1424: 37.
14. Zongtao Lin, Srinivasa Reddy Marepally, Dejian Ma, Linda K Myers, Arnold E Postlethwaite, Robert C Tuckey, Chloe Y S Cheng, Tae-Kang Kim, Junming Yue, Andrzej T Slominski, Duane D Miller, Wei Li*. Chemical synthesis and biological activities of 20S,24S/R-dihydroxyvitamin D3 epimers and their 1α-hydroxyl derivatives. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 58: 7881.

2014
13. Zheng Guan1, Zongtao Lin1, Ruinan Yang, Ailiang Chen*. Pharmacological effects of Fructus Aurantii and climate effects on its quality. Food and Nutrition in China. 2014, 20: 65. (Review in Chinese)
12. Andrzej T Slominski, Tae-Kang Kim, Haleem Z Shehabi, Edith K Y Tang, Heather A E Benson, Igor Semak, Zongtao Lin, Charles R Yates, Jin Wang, Wei Li, Robert C Tuckey*. In vivo production of novel vitamin D2 hydroxy-derivatives by human placentas, epidermal keratinocytes, Caco-2 colon cells and the adrenal gland. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 2014, 383:181.
11. Yi Liang, Gang Cui, Xiaoxue Wang, Wei Zhang, Quan An, Zongtao Lin, Hong Wang, Shizhong Chen*. Pharmacokinetics of honokiol after intravenous guttae in beagle dogs assessed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Biomed. Chromatogr. 2014, 28: 1378.
10. Jianjun Chen, Jin Wang, Tae-Kang Kim, Elaine W Tieu, Edith K Y Tang, Zongtao Lin, Dianne Kovacic, Duane D Miller, Arnold Postlethwaite, Robert C Tuckey, Andrzej T Slominski, Wei Li*, Novel vitamin D analogs as potential therapeutics: metabolism, toxicity profiling, and antiproliferative activity. Anticancer Res. 2014, 34: 2153.
9. Zheng Guan, Sicong Li, Zongtao Lin, Ruinan Yang, Yan Zhao, Jinchuan Liu, Shuming Yang, Ailiang Chen*. Identification and Quantitation of Phenolic Compounds from the Seed and Pomace of Perilla frutescens Using HPLC/PDA and HPLC–ESI/QTOF/MS/MS. Phytochem. Anal. 2014, 25: 508.
8. Zongtao Lin, Ruinan Yang, Zheng Guan, Ailiang Chen, Wei Li*. Ultra-performance LC Separation and Quadrupole Time-of-flight MS Identification of Major Alkaloids in Plumula Nelumbinis. Phytochem. Anal. 2014, 25: 485.

2013
7. Gai-Zhi Liu, Hai-Wei Xu, Peng Wang, Zong-Tao Lin, Ying-Chao Duan, Jia-Xin Zheng, Hong-Min Liu*. Stereoselective synthesis and anti-proliferative effects on prostate cancer evaluation of 5-substituted-3,4-diphenylfuran-2-ones. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2013, 65: 323.
6. Tae-Kang Kim, Konrad Kleszczynski, Zorica Janjetovic, Trevor Sweatman, Zongtao Lin, Wei Li, Russel J Reiter, Tobias W Fischer, Andrzej T Slominski*. Metabolism of melatonin and biological activity of intermediates of melatoninergic pathway in human skin cells. FASEB J. 2013, 27: 2742.
5. Zongtao Lin, Shizhong Chen, Hong Wang*. Quantification of six flavonones in Aurantii Fructus using HPLC. Chin. J. Pharm. Anal. 2013, 33: 201. (In Chinese).
4. Zongtao Lin, Hong Wang, Qingrong Fu, Haijuan An, Yi Liang, Baobao Zhang, Yuki Hashi, Shizhong Chen*. Simultaneous separation, identification and activity evaluation of three butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors from Plumula nelumbinis using on-line HPLC-UV coupled with ESI-IT-TOF-MS and BChE biochemical detection. Talanta. 2013, 110: 180.

2012
3. Zongtao Lin, Hong Wang, Ying Xu, Jing Dong, Yuki Hashi, Shizhong Chen*. Identification of antioxidants in Fructus Aurantii and its quality evaluation using a new on-line combination of analytical techniques. Food Chem. 2012, 134: 1181.

2011
2. Zongtao Lin, Yi Liang, Shujuan Liu, Shizhong Chen*. HPLC Determination of Luteolin and Apigenin in Siphonostegia chinensis. Chin. J. Pharm. Anal. 2011, 31: 1689. (In Chinese).

2010
1. Shu-Juan Liu, Zongtao Lin, Hong Wang, Shi-Zhong Chen*. Quantification of eugenol and bancroftione in Caryophylli Fructus using high-performance liquid chromatography.2010, 19: 459.