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Kamini Kaushal

Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine

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Biochemistry· 1 Cancer Biology· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Differential KEAP1/NRF2 mediated signaling widens the therapeutic window of redox-targeting drugs in SCLC therapy

Jana Samarin, Hana Nůsková, Piotr Fabrowski, Mona Malz, Eberhard Amtmann, Minerva Taubert, Daniel Pastor‐Flores, Daniel N. Kazdal, Roman Kurilov, Nicole de Vries, Hannelore Pink, Frank H. Deis, Johanna Hummel-Eisenbeiss, Lisa Renz, Kamini Kaushal, , Nikolas Gunkel

The paper shows that activating the NRF2 pathway can safely increase the dose of TXNRD1 inhibitors in SCLC treatment without harming healthy tissues.

Nature Communications · Apr 11, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

Sodium Aurothiomalate Induces Ferroptosis by Targeting GPX4 via Gold-Dependent Thiomalate Covalent Modification

Martín Hugo, Lissy Z. F. Gross, Andresa Messias, Lucía Alcober-Boquet, Thibaut Vignane, Biplab Ghosh, Nesrine Aroua, Lora Denson, Susana Delgado‐Martín, Kamini Kaushal, Umut Yildiz, Sebastian Müller, Antonio Martı́nez-Ruiz, Dario Ariel Estrin, Hellmut G. Augustin, , Hamed Alborzinia

This study shows sodium aurothiomalate induces ferroptosis by covalently modifying GPX4 through a gold-dependent mechanism, leading to tumor growth reduction in preclinical models.

bioRxiv · Nov 13, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry

PRDX6 contributes to selenocysteine metabolism and ferroptosis resistance

Zhiyi Chen, Alex Inague, Kamini Kaushal, Gholamreza Fazeli, Danny Schilling, Thamara N. Xavier da Silva, Ancély Ferreira dos Santos, Tasneem Cheytan, Florêncio Porto Freitas, Umut Yildiz, Lucas Gasparello Viviani, Rodrigo Santiago Lima, Mikaela P. Pinz, Isadora Medeiros, Thais Satie Iijima, , José Pedro Friedmann Angeli

The paper identifies PRDX6 as an alternative pathway for selenocysteine metabolism that contributes to ferroptosis resistance in cancer cells.

Molecular Cell · Nov 14, 2024Peer-reviewedCell Biology