8-Hydroxyquinolines in medicinal chemistry: A structural perspective

V Oliveri, G Vecchio - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Hydroxyquinolines are heterocyclic compounds characterized by a moderate metal-binding
affinity. The interest in 8-hydroxyquinolines has grown exponentially in the last two decades …

Insights of 8-hydroxyquinolines: A novel target in medicinal chemistry

R Gupta, V Luxami, K Paul - Bioorganic chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) is a significant heterocyclic scaffold in organic and analytical
chemistry because of the properties of chromophore and is used to detect various metal ions …

The role of cysteine peptidases in coronavirus cell entry and replication: The therapeutic potential of cathepsin inhibitors

A Pišlar, A Mitrović, J Sabotič, U Pečar Fonović… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Over the last 2 decades, several coronaviruses (CoVs) have crossed the species barrier into
humans, causing highly prevalent and severe respiratory diseases, often with fatal …

Design concepts of half-sandwich organoruthenium anticancer agents based on bidentate bioactive ligands

WDJ Tremlett, DM Goodman, TR Steel, S Kumar… - Coordination chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The small molecule anticancer agent cisplatin and its Pt (II) analogs carboplatin and
oxaliplatin are widely used to treat a variety of tumorigenic diseases. Despite their structural …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in drug repositioning for the discovery of new anticancer drugs

JS Shim, JO Liu - International journal of biological sciences, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Drug repositioning (also referred to as drug repurposing), the process of finding new uses of
existing drugs, has been gaining popularity in recent years. The availability of several …

New drugs are not enough-drug repositioning in oncology: An update

RG Armando, DLM Gomez… - … Journal of Oncology, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Drug repositioning refers to the concept of discovering novel clinical benefits of drugs that
are already known for use treating other diseases. The advantages of this are that several …

Engineering at the nano-bio interface: harnessing the protein corona towards nanoparticle design and function

RL Pinals, L Chio, F Ledesma, MP Landry - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Unpredictable and uncontrollable protein adsorption on nanoparticles remains a
considerable challenge to achieving effective application of nanotechnologies within …

Chelation in antibacterial drugs: From nitroxoline to cefiderocol and beyond

D Repac Antić, M Parčina, I Gobin, M Petković Didović - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the era of escalating antimicrobial resistance, the need for antibacterial drugs with novel
or improved modes of action (MOAs) is a health concern of utmost importance. Adding or …

The current stage of cathepsin B inhibitors as potential anticancer agents

J Kos, A Mitrović, B Mirković - Future medicinal chemistry, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Cathepsin B is a lysosomal cysteine peptidase, with an important role in the development
and progression of cancer. It is involved in the degradation of extracellular matrix proteins, a …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cathepsin B for cancer therapies

H Ruan, S Hao, P Young, H Zhang - Horizons in cancer research, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cathepsin B is a member of the papain family of cysteine proteases normally present in the
lysosome, but it can translocate and function to degrade components of the extracellular …