Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Piro JR, Benjamin DI, Duerr JM, Pi Y, Gonzales C, Wood KM, Schwartz JW, Nomura DK(#), Samad TA(#). (2012) A dysregulated endocannabinoid-eicosanoid network supports pathogenesis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Cell Reports 1, 617-623. (#co-corresponding author)
Nomura DK(#), Morrison BE, Blankman JL, Long JZ, Kinsey SG, Marcondes MC, Ward AM, Hahn YK, Lichtman AH, Conti B, Cravatt BF(#). (2011) Endocannabinoid hydrolysis generates brain eicosanoids that promote neuroinflammation. Science 334, 809-813. (#co-corresponding author)
Nomura DK(#), Lombardi DP, Chang JW, Niessen S, Ward AM, Long JZ, Hoover HH, Cravatt BF(#). (2011) Monoacylglycerol lipase exerts bidirectional control over endocannabinoid and fatty acid pathways to support prostate cancer pathogenesis. Chem. Biol. 18, 846-856. (#co-corresponding author)
Chang JW, Nomura DK, Cravatt BF. (2011) A potent and selective inhibitor of KIAA1363/AADACL1 that impairs prostate cancer pathogenesis. Chem Biol. 18, 476-484.
Nomura DK(#), Casida JE(#). (2011) Activity-based protein profiling of organophosphorus and thiocarbamate pesticides reveals multiple secondary targets in the mammalian nervous system. J Agric Food Chem. 59, 2808-2815. (*co-corresponding author)
Bachovchin DA, Mohr JT, Speers AE, Wang C, Berlin JM, Spicer TP, Fernandez-Vega V, Chase P, Hodder PS, Schűrer, Nomura DK, Rosen H, Fu GC, Cravatt BF. (2011) Academic cross-fertilization by public screening yields a remarkable class of protein phosphatase methylesterase-1 inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA,108, 6811-6816.
Kopp F, Komatsu T, Nomura DK, Trauger SA, Thomas JR, Simon GM, Cravatt BF. (2010) The glycerophospho-metabolome and its influence on amino acid homeostasis by brain metabolomics of GDE1(-/-) mice. Chem Biol. 17, 831-840.
Schlosburg JE, Blankman JL, Long JZ, Nomura DK, Nguyen PT, Ramesh D, Kinsey SG, Booker L, Burston JK, Wise LE, Ghosh S, Selley DE, Sim-Selley LJ, Liu Q, Cravatt BF, Lichtman AH. (2010) Sustained inactivation of monoacylglycerol lipase produces functional antagonism of the brain endocannabinoid system. Nat Neurosci.13, 1113-1119.
Nomura DK, Dix MM, Cravatt BF. (2010) Chemoproteomic Approaches for Biochemical Pathway Discovery in Cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 10, 630-638.
Nomura DK, Long JZ, Niessen S, Hoover HS, Ng S-W, Cravatt BF. (2010) Monoacylglycerol lipase regulates a fatty acid network that promotes cancer pathogenesis. Cell. 140, 49-61.
Long JZ, Nomura DK, Vann RE, Walentiny DM, Booker L, Jin X, Burston JJ, Sim-Selley LJ, Lichtman AH, Wiley JL, Cravatt BF. (2009) Dual blockade of FAAH and MAGL identifies behavioral processes regulated by endocannabinoid crosstalk in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106, 20270-20275.
Long JZ, Nomura DK, Cravatt BF. (2009) Mechanistic characterization of selective monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition reveals differences in central and peripheral endocannabinoid metabolism. Chem Biol. 16, 744-753.
Ruby M, Nomura DK, Hudak CS, Mangravite LM, Chiu S, Casida JE, Krauss RM. (2008) Overactive endocannabinoid signaling impairs apolipoprotein E-mediated clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 105, 14561-14566.
Nomura DK , Ward AM, Hudak CS, Burston JJ, Issa RS, Fisher KJ, Abood ME, Wiley JL, Lichtman A, Casida JE. (2008) Monoacylglycerol lipase regulates 2-arachidonoylglycerol action and arachidonic acid levels. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 18, 5875-5878.
Nomura DK, Blankman JL, Simon GM, Fujioka K, Issa RS, Ward AM, Cravatt BF, Casida JE. (2008) Activation of the endocannabinoid system by organophosphorus nerve agents. Nat Chem Biol. 4, 373-378.
Nomura DK, Fujioka K, Issa RS, Ward AM, Cravatt BF, Casida JE. (2008) Dual Roles of Brain Serine Hydrolase KIAA1363 in Ether Lipid Metabolism and Organophosphate Detoxification. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 228, 42-482.
Nomura DK, Leung D, Chiang KP, Quistad GB, Cravatt BF, Casida JE. (2005) A Brain Detoxifying Enzyme for Organophosphorus Nerve Poisons. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102, 6195-6200.
Patent:
Cravatt BF, Long JZ, Li W, Nomura DK. (2010) Methods and Compositions Related to Targeting Monoacylglycerol Lipase. United States Provisional Patent. International application no. PCT/US2009/006045