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Lester R Drewes

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0387

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1973 …2019
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Research interests

  • blood-brain transport
  • brain endothelium
  • neurovascular unit
  • Brain energy metabolism
  • Blood-brain barrier genomics
  • drug delivery to CNS
  • transporter inhibitors as anticancer agents
  • cerebral anoxia, ischemia
  • Re-engineering the blood-brain barrier

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Projects 2000 2019

Targeting energy metabolism as a novel approach for the

Dickerson, E. B., Drewes, L. R. & O'Brien, T. D.

Morris Animal Foundation

10/1/14 → 9/30/19

Project: Research project

Mouth Neoplasms
Felidae
Energy Metabolism

Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 (MTC-1) mutations in patie

Drewes, L. R.

Whiteside Inst. for Clinical Research

1/1/17 → 8/31/19

Project: Research project

Muscle Fatigue
Ketosis
Myocardium
Skeletal Muscle
Mutation

Pericytic laminin regulates pericyte differentiation and

Yao, Y. & Drewes, L. R.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.

7/1/16 → 6/30/17

Project: Research project

Pericytes

Development of Novel Drugs for High Risk Triple Negative

Drewes, L. R. & Rose-Hellekant, T.

US ARMY MED RESEARCH & MATERIEL COMMAND

3/15/15 → 8/31/19

Project: Research project

Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Pharmaceutical Preparations

Evaluating the Feasibility of Intranasal FLT Delivery fo

Drewes, L. R.

Essentia Institute of Rural Health

2/1/15 → 12/31/16

Project: Research project

Brain Neoplasms

Research Output 1973 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

Development and radiosynthesis of the first 18F-labeled inhibitor of monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs)

Sadeghzadeh, M., Moldovan, R. P., Fischer, S., Wenzel, B., Ludwig, F. A., Teodoro, R., Deuther-Conrad, W., Jonnalagadda, S., Jonnalagadda, S. K., Gudelis, E., Šačkus, A., Higuchi, K., Ganapathy, V., Mereddy, V. R., Drewes, L. R. & Brust, P., Jun 30 2019, In : Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 62, 8, p. 411-424 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Imaging techniques
Neoplasms
Chemotherapy
Carbonates
4-coumaric acid

Novel N,N-dialkyl cyanocinnamic acids as monocarboxylate transporter 1 and 4 inhibitors

Jonnalagadda, S., Jonnalagadda, S. K., Ronayne, C. T., Nelson, G. L., Solano, L. N., Rumbley, J. N., Holy, J. M., Mereddy, V. R. & Drewes, L. R., Mar 22 2019, In : Oncotarget. 10, 24, p. 2355-2368 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Glycolysis
Acids
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Exercise Test

The year in review: Progress in brain barriers and brain fluid research in 2018

Keep, R. F., Jones, H. C. & Drewes, L. R., Feb 5 2019, In : Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 16, 1, 4.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Open Access
Brain
Research
Brain Diseases
Endothelium
Pharmaceutical Preparations
15 Citations (Scopus)

Vascular dysfunction—The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease

Sweeney, M. D., Montagne, A., Sagare, A. P., Nation, D. A., Schneider, L. S., Chui, H. C., Harrington, M. G., Pa, J., Law, M., Wang, D. J. J., Jacobs, R. E., Doubal, F. N., Ramirez, J., Black, S. E., Nedergaard, M., Benveniste, H., Dichgans, M., Iadecola, C., Love, S., Bath, P. M. & 49 others, Markus, H. S., Salman, R. A., Allan, S. M., Quinn, T. J., Kalaria, R. N., Werring, D. J., Carare, R. O., Touyz, R. M., Williams, S. C. R., Moskowitz, M. A., Katusic, Z. S., Lutz, S. E., Lazarov, O., Minshall, R. D., Rehman, J., Davis, T. P., Wellington, C. L., González, H. M., Yuan, C., Lockhart, S. N., Hughes, T. M., Chen, C. L. H., Sachdev, P., O'Brien, J. T., Skoog, I., Pantoni, L., Gustafson, D. R., Biessels, G. J., Wallin, A., Smith, E. E., Mok, V., Wong, A., Passmore, P., Barkof, F., Muller, M., Breteler, M. M. B., Román, G. C., Hamel, E., Seshadri, S., Gottesman, R. F., van Buchem, M. A., Arvanitakis, Z., Schneider, J. A., Drewes, L. R., Hachinski, V., Finch, C. E., Toga, A. W., Wardlaw, J. M. & Zlokovic, B. V., Jan 1 2019, In : Alzheimer's and Dementia. 15, 1, p. 158-167 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey

Open Access
Blood Vessels
Alzheimer Disease
Biomarkers
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Brain Diseases
8 Citations (Scopus)

mTOR signaling in VIP neurons regulates circadian clock synchrony and olfaction

Liu, D., Stowie, A., de Zavalia, N., Leise, T., Pathak, S. S., Drewes, L. R., Davidson, A. J., Amir, S., Sonenberg, N. & Cao, R., Apr 3 2018, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 14, p. E3296-E3304

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Circadian Clocks
Smell
Sirolimus
Neurons
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus