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Amy E. Wright
Researcher at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Publications - 136
Citations - 3694
Amy E. Wright is an academic researcher from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cytotoxicity & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 132 publications receiving 3290 citations. Previous affiliations of Amy E. Wright include Toronto Public Health & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Antitumor tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids from the colonial ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata
Amy E. Wright,Dorilyn A. Forleo,Geewananda P. Gunawardana,Sarath P. Gunasekera,Frank E. Koehn,Oliver J. McConnell +5 more
TL;DR: A bioassay guided approach was used to isolate two antitumor tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids, 3 and 4, from the marine ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata.
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Neopeltolide, a macrolide from a lithistid sponge of the family Neopeltidae.
Amy E. Wright,Julianne Cook Botelho,Esther A. Guzmán,Dedra Harmody,Patricia Linley,Peter J. McCarthy,Tara P. Pitts,Shirley A. Pomponi,John K. Reed +8 more
TL;DR: Neopeltolide is a potent inhibitor of the in vitro proliferation of the A-549 human lung adenocarcinoma, the NCI-ADR-RES human ovarian sarcoma, and the P388 murine leukemia cell lines, with IC50's of 1.2, 5.1, and 0.56 nM, respectively.
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Tubulin polymerizing activity of dictyostatin-1, a polyketide of marine sponge origin.
TL;DR: Results indicate that dictyostatin-1 is a potent inducer of tubulin polymerization and retains activity in cells expressing the P-glycoprotein efflux pump.
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Dragmacidin, a new cytotoxic bis(indole) alkaloid from a deep water marine sponge, Dragmacidon sp
Shigeo Kohmoto,Yoel Kashman,Oliver J. McConnell,Kenneth L. Rinehart,Amy E. Wright,Frank E. Koehn +5 more
TL;DR: Isolement et caracterisation d'une toxine a proprietes antitumorales, a partir de l'espece Dragmacidon, les techniques classiques d'investigation ont ete utilisees as discussed by the authors.