詳情請見個人網站http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/chunhung/。我們的工作著重在新藥研發,跨領域研究的範圍涵蓋化學與生物學中多項領域;包括酵素學、醣生物學、合成化學、結構生物學及質譜相關之代謝體。主要的興趣是以化學生物學(chemical biology)的角度,探討與藥物研發息息相關的重要課題,包括感染性的疾病和癌症的致病機轉,腸胃道細菌如何調節免疫及發炎反應。
目前研究的重點有三:
第一:幽門螺旋桿菌(各種胃部疾病的主要致病原)與宿主-胃部表皮細胞之間,互相溝通、對抗的交互作用。
第二:腸胃道細菌如何影響宿主的代謝及免疫作用。
第三:研究免疫細胞的分化與活化,與細胞表面醣分子結構變化之關聯性。
我們除了發表論文於頂尖的國際期刊之外,也致力於發表研究專利,將研究成果應用在生技與製藥產業中。目前已有兩項傑出且具應用價值的成果,包括
Tunable Strategy for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Sulfoglycolipids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis To Elucidate the Structure and Immunomodulatory Property Relationships.
Mondal S, Tseng CJ, Tan JJ, Lin DY, Lin HY, Weng JH, Lin CH*, Mong KT*
Angew Chem Int Ed. (2023)
Metabolic Isolation, Stereochemical Determination, and Total Synthesis of Predominant Native Cholesteryl Phosphatidyl-α-glucoside from Carcinogenic Helicobacter pylori.
Chang CC, Jan HM, Tseng CJ, Mondal S, Abera AB, Hsieh MY, Yang TC, Muthusamy S, Huang SC, Lin CH*, Mong KT*
Org Lett. (2022)
Enhanced enzymatic production of cholesteryl 6ʹ-acylglucoside impairs lysosomal degradation for the intracellular survival of Helicobacter pylori.
Muthusamy S, Jan HM, Hsieh MY, Mondal S, Liu WC, Ko YA, Yang WY, Mong KT, Chen GC, Lin CH*
J Biomed Sci. (2021)
A Systematic Study of the Stability, Safety, and Efficacy of the de novo Designed Antimicrobial Peptide PepD2 and Its Modified Derivatives Against Acinetobacter baumannii.
Chen SP, Chen EH, Yang SY, Kuo PS, Jan HM, Yang TC, Hsieh MY, Lee KT, Lin CH, Chen RP
Front Microbiol. (2021)
Entropy-driven binding of gut bacterial β-glucuronidase inhibitors ameliorates irinotecan-induced toxicity.
Lin HY, Chen CY, Lin TC, Yeh LF, Hsieh WC, Gao S, Burnouf PA, Chen BM, Hsieh TJ, Dashnyam P, Kuo YH, Tu Z, Roffler SR*, Lin CH*
Commun Biol. (2021)
Threshold of Thioglycoside Reactivity Difference Is Critical for Efficient Synthesis of Type I Oligosaccharides by Chemoselective Glycosylation.
Verma N, Tu Z, Lu MS, Liu SH, Renata S, Phang R, Liu PK, Ghosh B, Lin CH*
J Org Chem. (2021)
Cholesteryl α-D-glucoside 6-acyltransferase enhances the adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to gastric epithelium.
Jan HM, Chen YC, Yang TC, Ong LL, Chang CC, Muthusamy S, Abera AB, Wu MS, Gervay-Hague J, Mong KT*, Lin CH*
Commun Biol. (2020)
Substituent Position of Iminocyclitols Determines the Potency and Selectivity for Gut Microbial Xenobiotic-Reactivating Enzymes.
Dashnyam P, Lin HY, Chen CY, Gao S, Yeh LF, Hsieh WC, Tu Z, Lin CH*
J Med Chem. (2020)
Galectin-3 is required for the microglia-mediated brain inflammation in a model of Huntington’s disease.
Siew JJ, Chen HM, Chen HY, Chen HL, Chen CM, Soong BW, Wu YR, Chang CP, Chan YC, Lin CH, Liu FT, Chern Y
Nat Commun.(2019)
Metabolic labelling of cholesteryl glucosides in Helicobacter pylori reveals how the uptake of human lipids enhances bacterial virulence.
Jan HM, Chen YC, Shih YY, Huang YC, Tu Z, Ingle AB, Liu SW, Wu MS, Gervay-Hague J, Mong KT, Chen YR, Lin CH
Chemical Science (2016)