1.Fabao Zhao, Unai Atxabal, Sofia Mariottini, Feng Yi, James S. Lotti, Michael S. Layeux, Chandler Currier, Matthew P. Maderia, Lauren E. Conelison, Carly M. Anderson, Eric P. Schultz, Zhucheng Zhang, Liyang Jiang, Zhen Gao, Na Liu, Erica L. Woodahl, Lennart Bunch, Kasper B. Hansen,* Rasmus P. Clausen.* Design of (R)-3-(5-Thienyl)carboxamido-2-aminopropanoic Acid Derivatives as Novel NMDA Receptor Glycine Site Agonists: Variation in Molecular Geometry to Improve Potency and Augment GluN2 Subunit-Specific Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2025, 68(3): 3572-3590.
2. Ting Dong,#*Fabao Zhao,# Mengmeng Wang,# Kaige Lyu,# Jiayu Zhu, Wenru Zhang, Wenzhe Li, Yixuan An, Na Liu, Akhand Pratap Singh, Yue Yang, Dongwei Kang,* Xiaohui Liu.* G3BP1/2-targeting PROTAC disrupts stress granules dependent ATF4 migracytosis as cancer therapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147(1): 446-461.
3.Fabao Zhao,# Liyang Jiang,# Jieying Xie, Na Liu, Zhen Gao, Yue Yang, Yu Wang, Boshi Huang, Dongwei Kang, Peng Zhan,* Feng Yi,* Xinyong Liu.* Discovery of Brain-Penetrative Negative Allosteric Modulators of NMDA Receptors using FEP-guided structure optimization and membrane permeability prediction. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2025, 65(2): 857-872.
4. Xue Wang,# Xueyang Jin,#Fabao Zhao,# Zejun Xu, Wenzhuo Tan, Jiaozhen Zhang, Yuliang Xu, Xiaoyi Luan, Min Fang, Zhiyu Xie, Wenqiang Chang,* Hongxiang Lou.* Structure-Based Optimization of Novel Sterol 24-C-Methyltransferase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Candida albicans Infections. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024, 67(11): 9318-9341.
5.Fabao Zhao,# Heng Zhang,# Minghui Xie, Bairu Meng, Na Liu, Caiyun Dun, Yanyang Qin, Shenghua Gao, Erik De Clercq, Christophe Pannecouque, Ya-Jie Tang, Peng Zhan,* Xinyong Liu,* Dongwei Kang.* Structure-Based Optimization of 2,4,5-Trisubstituted Pyrimidines as Potent HIV-1 Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: Exploiting the Tolerant Regions of the Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors’Binding Pocket. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023, 66(3): 2102-2115.
6.Fabao Zhao, Unai Atxabal, Sofia Mariottini, Feng Yi, James S. Lotti, Nirvan Rouzbeh, Na Liu, Lennart Bunch, Kasper B. Hansen,* Rasmus P. Clausen.* Derivatives of (R)-3-(5-Furanyl)carboxamido-2-aminopro panoic Acid as Potent NMDA Receptor Glycine Site Agonists with GluN2 Subunit-Specific Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2022, 65(1): 734-746.
7.Fabao Zhao,* Georgios Mazis, Feng Yi, James S Lotti, Michael S Layeux, Eric P Schultz, Lennart Bunch, Kasper B Hansen,* Rasmus P Clausen.* Discovery of (R)-2-amino-3-triazolpropanoic acid derivatives as NMDA receptor glycine site agonists with GluN2 subunit-specific activity. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022, 10: 1008233.
8.Fabao Zhao, Nirvan Rouzbeh, Kasper B. Hansen, Rasmus P. Clausen.* Improved synthetic route for the GluN2-specific NMDA receptor glycine site agonist AICP. Tetrahedron Letters, 2020, 61(12): 151653.
9.Fabao Zhao, Na Liu, Peng Zhan, Xinyong Liu.* Repurposing of Hdac Inhibitors Toward Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Drug Discovery: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks. Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, 7(11): 1367-1371.
10.Fabao Zhao, Na Liu, Peng Zhan,* Xuemei Jiang,* Xinyong Liu.* Discovery of HCV NS5B thumb site I inhibitors: Core-refining from benzimidazole to indole scaffold. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, 94: 218-228.