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Brandon Q. Mercado

Yale UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1940-3497Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Allen C. GaoiD· 1 shared Anthony TigheiD· 1 shared Beat C. BornhauseriD· 1 shared Christopher R. VakociD· 1 shared Debanjan BhattacharjeeiD· 1 shared Emily Scheib· 1 shared Erin L. SausvilleiD· 1 shared Jason M. SheltzeriD· 1 shared

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A clinical-stage oncology compound selectively targets drug-resistant cancers

Kaitlin Long, Debanjan Bhattacharjee, Samuel H. Newman-Stonebraker, Simon Suhr, Brandon Q. Mercado, Emily Scheib, Anthony Tighe, Luciano Romero, Sarah L. Thompson, Erin L. Sausville, Kristen M. John, Linda Julian, Sanat Mishra, Olaf Klingbeil, Punya Gupta, , Jason M. Sheltzer

This study reveals that PAC-1, a clinical-stage oncology compound, targets drug-resistant cancers by disrupting iron homeostasis and exploiting MDR1 expression to induce iron depletion.

bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology