Thirty years of the drug candidate NAMI‐A and the myths in the field of ruthenium anticancer compounds: a personal perspective

E Alessio - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As anticipated in the title, this contribution is basically divided into two, strictly connected,
parts. The first is a personal overview of the ruthenium drug candidate NAMI‐A, almost 30 …

Inhibitors of protein–protein interactions (PPIs): an analysis of scaffold choices and buried surface area

X Ran, JE Gestwicki - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Protein–protein interactions (PPI) were once considered 'undruggable', but clinical
successes, driven by advanced methods in drug discovery, have challenged that notion …

Cyclometalated iridium (III) luminescent complexes in therapy and phototherapy

A Zamora, G Vigueras, V Rodríguez… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Octahedral Ir (III) complexes bearing cyclometalated ligands exhibit a great stability in
biological media and are excellent therapeutical and phototherapeutical candidates for …

Targeting bromodomain and extraterminal proteins for drug discovery: from current progress to technological development

P Tang, J Zhang, J Liu, CM Chiang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins bind acetylated lysine residues in histones
and nonhistone proteins via tandem bromodomains and regulate chromatin dynamics …

Potential biomedical applications of marine algae

HMD Wang, XC Li, DJ Lee, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Functional components extracted from algal biomass are widely used as dietary and health
supplements with a variety of applications in food science and technology. In contrast, the …

Inhibitors of bromodomain and extra‐terminal proteins for treating multiple human diseases

E Kulikowski, BD Rakai… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical development of bromodomain and extra‐terminal (BET) protein inhibitors differs
from the traditional course of drug development. These drugs are simultaneously being …

Recent advances of iridium (III) metallophosphors for health-related applications

PY Ho, CL Ho, WY Wong - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphorescent transition metal complexes have been intensively investigated, since these
luminophores are distinctively different from fluorescent chromophores in terms of the nature …

Developing an anticancer platinum (II) compound based on the uniqueness of human serum albumin

Z Zhang, J Zhang, T Yang, S Li, G Xu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To develop the next-generation Pt drug with remarkable activity and low toxicity to maximally
inhibit tumor growth, we optimized a Pt (II) thiosemicarbazone compound (C4) with …

Targeting Brd4 for cancer therapy: inhibitors and degraders

Y Duan, Y Guan, W Qin, X Zhai, B Yu, H Liu - Medchemcomm, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (Brd4) plays an important role in mediating the
expression of genes involved in cancers and non-cancer diseases such as inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of the CDK9–cyclin T1 protein–protein interaction as a new approach against triple-negative breast cancer

SS Cheng, YQ Qu, J Wu, GJ Yang, H Liu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) activity is correlated with worse outcomes of
triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. The heterodimer between CDK9 with cyclin …