Reactive oxygen species and cancer paradox: to promote or to suppress?

S Galadari, A Rahman, S Pallichankandy… - Free Radical Biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), a group of highly reactive ions and molecules, are
increasingly being appreciated as powerful signaling molecules involved in the regulation of …

Reactive‐oxygen‐species‐responsive drug delivery systems: promises and challenges

G Saravanakumar, J Kim, WJ Kim - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given the increasing evidence indicates that many pathological conditions are associated
with elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, there have been growing research …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive prodrugs, probes, and theranostic prodrugs: applications in the ROS-related diseases

P Wang, Q Gong, J Hu, X Li… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have commonly been implicated in a
variety of diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases. In …

Iron and cancer: recent insights

DH Manz, NL Blanchette, BT Paul… - Annals of the New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Iron is an essential dietary element. However, the ability of iron to cycle between oxidized
and reduced forms also renders it capable of contributing to free radical formation, which …

Ferrocene-containing hybrids as potential anticancer agents: Current developments, mechanisms of action and structure-activity relationships

R Wang, H Chen, W Yan, M Zheng, T Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the most fatal threatens to human health throughout the world. The major
challenges in the control and eradication of cancers are the continuous emergency of drug …

Ferroptosis: cancer stem cells rely on iron until “to die for” it

E Cosialls, R El Hage, L Dos Santos, C Gong… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a distinct subpopulation of tumor cells with stem cell-like
features. Able to initiate and sustain tumor growth and mostly resistant to anti-cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in the medicinal chemistry of single boron atom-containing compounds

S Song, P Gao, L Sun, D Kang, J Kongsted… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Various boron-containing drugs have been approved for clinical use over the past two
decades, and more are currently in clinical trials. The increasing interest in boron-containing …

Highly stable silica-coated bismuth nanoparticles deliver tumor microenvironment-responsive prodrugs to enhance tumor-specific photoradiotherapy

H Xiang, Y Wu, X Zhu, M She, Q An… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Radiosensitizers are agents capable of amplifying injury to tumor tissues by enhancing DNA
damage and fortifying production of radical oxygen species (ROS). The use of such …

Photoactivation of boronic acid prodrugs via a phenyl radical mechanism: iridium (III) anticancer complex as an example

M Liu, Y Luo, J Yan, X Xiong, X Xing… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Boronic acid (or ester) is a well-known temporary masking group for developing anticancer
prodrugs responsive to tumoral reactive oxygen species (ROS), but their clinic application is …

Lysosome‐targeting amplifiers of reactive oxygen species as anticancer prodrugs

S Daum, MSV Reshetnikov, M Sisa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells produce elevated levels of reactive oxygen species, which has been used to
design cancer specific prodrugs. Their activation relies on at least a bimolecular process, in …