Connecting copper and cancer: from transition metal signalling to metalloplasia

EJ Ge, AI Bush, A Casini, PA Cobine, JR Cross… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Copper is an essential nutrient whose redox properties make it both beneficial and toxic to
the cell. Recent progress in studying transition metal signalling has forged new links …

Melanoma management: from epidemiology to treatment and latest advances

J Lopes, CMP Rodrigues, MM Gaspar, CP Reis - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Melanoma is a major public health issue that claims the lives of thousands
of people every year. Furthermore, the outlook for the coming years is not encouraging with …

Exploring the Anticancer Activity of Tamoxifen-Based Metal Complexes Targeting Mitochondria

V Scalcon, R Bonsignore, J Aupič… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two new 'hybrid'metallodrugs of Au (III)(AuTAML) and Cu (II)(CuTAML) were designed
featuring a tamoxifen-derived pharmacophore to ideally synergize the anticancer activity of …

A review on liposome-based therapeutic approaches against malignant melanoma

F Mirzavi, M Barati, A Soleimani… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a highly aggressive form of skin cancer with a very poor prognosis and
excessive resistance to current conventional treatments. Recently, the application of the …

Versatile delivery systems for non-platinum metal-based anticancer therapeutic agents

Y Gou, GJ Huang, J Li, F Yang, H Liang - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum-based anticancer drugs currently available in the market are associated with
severe side effects. Therefore, extensive research has been performed to design and …

Metal complex-based liposomes: Applications and prospects in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

Z Wang, J Li, G Lin, Z He, Y Wang - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal complexes are of increasing interest as pharmaceutical agents in cancer diagnostics
and therapeutics, while some of them suffer from issues such as limited water solubility and …

Biological activities of polypyridyl-type ligands: implications for bioinorganic chemistry and light-activated metal complexes

AC Hachey, D Havrylyuk, EC Glazer - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Polypyridyl coordinating ligands are common in metal complexes used in medicinal
inorganic chemistry. These ligands possess intrinsic cytotoxicity, but detailed data on this …

Advancing medicine with lipid-based nanosystems—the successful case of liposomes

H Luiz, J Oliveira Pinho, MM Gaspar - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanomedicine, a promising area of medicine, employs nanosized tools for the diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of disease. Particularly, liposomes, lipid-based nanovesicles, are …

The challenging melanoma landscape: From early drug discovery to clinical approval

M Matias, JO Pinho, MJ Penetra, G Campos, CP Reis… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is recognized as the most dangerous type of skin cancer, with high mortality and
resistance to currently used treatments. To overcome the limitations of the available …

How to treat melanoma? the current status of innovative nanotechnological strategies and the role of minimally invasive approaches like PTT and PDT

J Lopes, CMP Rodrigues, MM Gaspar, CP Reis - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer, the incidence and mortality of which
are increasing worldwide. Its extensive degree of heterogeneity has limited its response to …