Student / Lab Publications

2025

•  Olayiwola, Y., and Gollahon, L., (2025). Chlorogenic acid and cinnamaldehyde in breast cancer cells: Predictive examination of pharmacokinetics and binding thermodynamics with the key mediators of PI3K/Akt signaling. Journal of Natural Products. Biomedicines, 13(8), 1810; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines13081810.

• Boren, C., Barr, B., Mubtasim, N., and Gollahon, L. (2025). Adipocytokine Protein Expression from Visceral Fat Differs Significantly Based on Diet, Sex, and Age in C3H/HeJ Mice Fed Long-Term, High-Fat Diets, ± Ammonium-Hydroxide-Supplemented Dietary Protein. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 47(4), 218. https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb47040218. ‡Authors contributed equally.

• Barr B, Levitt DE, and Gollahon, L. (2025). Red Meat Amino Acids for Beginners: A Narrative Review. Nutrients, 17(6):939. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17060939.

•  Molinares, M., Wolpert, N., Gollahon, L., and Xu, C. (2025). Morphology and migration behavior of low and high metastatic potential breast cancer cells on micropillar substrates. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, 6;245:114214. https://doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114214.

2024

• • Mubtasim, N., Barr, B., Boren, C., and Gollahon, L. (2024). Effects of Aging on Secreted Adipocytokines in Visceral Fat of Female C3H/HeJ Mice Consuming a Long-Term High-Fat Diet. Dietetics 3 (2), 191-213. https://doi.org/10.3390/dietetics3020016.

  • Wolpert, N., Gollahon, L. (2024). A Novel Cell Culture Scratch Assay Platform Generates Reproducible Gaps for Quantitative Cell Movement-Based Studies. Adv Bioeng Biomed Sci Res, 7(2), 01-07. SSN: 2640-4133 | DOI: 10.33140/ABBSR. https://www.opastpublishers.com/open-access-articles/a-novel-cell-culture-scratch-assay-platform-generates-reproducible-gaps-for-quantitative-cell-movementbased-studies.pdf

  • Olayiwola, Y., Gollahon, L. (2024). Natural Compounds and Breast Cancer: Chemo-Preventive and Therapeutic Capabilities of Chlorogenic Acid and Cinnamaldehyde. Pharmaceuticals, 17, 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17030361.

  • Garrison, E.C., Brown, A.M.V., Salaza,r M.M., Barr, B., Moustaid-Moussa, N., Gollahon, L.S. (2024). Microbiome Taxonomic and Functional Differences in C3H/HeJ Mice Fed a Long-Term High-Fat Diet with Beef Protein ± Ammonium Hydroxide Supplementation. Nutrients, 16(11):1613. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16111613.

  •  Olayiwola, Y., Gollahon, L.S. (2024). Chlorogenic Acid and Cinnamaldehyde in Combination Inhibit Metastatic Traits and Induce Apoptosis via Akt Downregulation in Breast Cancer Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 25, 6417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126417.

  • Barr, B., Gollahon, L. (2024). The Effects of Obesity on Sex, Aging, and Cancer Development in a Longitudinal Study of High-Fat-Diet-Fed C3H/HeJ Mice. Obesities, 4, 314-328. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities4030025.

  •  Barr, B., Gollahon, L. (2024). The Modification of Dietary Protein with Ammonium Hydroxide Enhancement Improves Longevity and Metabolic Outcomes in a Sex-Dependent Manner. Nutrients 16, no. 16: 2787. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16162787.

2023

• Mubtasim, N., and L. Gollahon. (2023). Characterizing 3T3-L1 MBX Adipocyte Cell Differentiation Maintained with Fatty Acids as an In Vitro Model to Study the Effects of Obesity. Life 13, 1712. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13081712.

•  Mubtasim, N., and Gollahon, L., (2023). The Effect of Adipocyte-Secreted Factors in Activating Focal Adhesion Kinase-Mediated Cell Signaling Pathway towards Metastasis in Breast Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(23), p.16605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242316605.

2022

• Mubtasim, N., Moustaid-Moussa, N., Gollahon, L.S. (2022). The Complex Biology of the Metastasis-Promoting, Obesity-Induced Tumor Microenvironment in Breast Cancer. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 2480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052480

• Schuster, C., Wolpert, N., Moustaid-Moussa, N., Gollahon, L.S. (2022). Combinatorial Effects of the Natural Products Arctigenin, Chlorogenic Acid and Cinnamaldehyde Commit Oxidation Assassination on Breast Cancer Cells. Submitted to Antioxidants. Antioxidants, 11,591. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11030591

2021

• Williamson, M., Moustaid-Moussa, N., Gollahon, LS. (2021). The Molecular PasaDoble: The Fast-Paced Dance of Cellular pH Regulation and Its Implications to Disease. Front. Mol. Med. 1:777088.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmmed.2021.777088

• Schuster, C., Moustaid-Moussa, N., Gollahon, L.S. (2021). The Potential of Combinatorial Small Molecules as Effective Breast Cancer Treatments: A Clinical Approach in Recent Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 15, Chapter 9, pages 84-119. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/rdmmr/v15/1527B

2020

• Khandelwal S, Boylan M, Kirsch G, Spallholz JE, Gollahon LS (2020). Investigating the Potential of Conjugated Selenium Redox Folic Acid as a Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Antioxidants 9(2), p138. doi:10.3390/antiox9020138

2018

•  Khandelwal S, Boylan M, Spallholz JE, Gollahon L. (2018). Cytotoxicity of Selenium Immunoconjugates against Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Oct 26;19(11). https://doi:10.3390/ijms19113352. PubMed PMID: 30373175; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6274915.

2017

• Schuster, C., Mo, H., Shen, C-L., and L.S. Gollahon. (2017). RANK/RANKL/OPG: The axis of breast cancer bone metastasis evil? In press: Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 

• D’Costa, B.M., Moustaid-Moussa, N., and L.S. Gollahon. The role of exosomes in breast cancer: What have we learned in ten years? In: Triple-Negative Breast Cancers: Biomarkers, Emerging Therapeutic Strategies and Clinical Challenges. Editor: Marion Montgomery. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY. 2017. Pages 1-61. ISBN:978-1-53612-372-2.

2016

• Ma, H. and L.S. Gollahon. (2016). Estrogen Receptor Alpha Mediates Estrogen-Induced Expression of Metastasis Suppressor Gene BRMS1. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 158; DOI:10.3390/ijms17020158

2015

• Lee, K. and L.S. Gollahon. (2015). ZSCAN4 and TRF1: A functionally indirect interaction in cancer cells independent of telomerase activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (466), 644-649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.09.107.