Small-molecule probes from bench to bedside: advancing molecular analysis of drug–target interactions toward precision medicine

S Pan, A Ding, Y Li, Y Sun, Y Zhan, Z Ye… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, remarkable advances have been witnessed in the development of
small-molecule probes. These molecular tools have been widely applied for interrogating …

[HTML][HTML] Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson's disease

A Haider, NH Elghazawy, A Dawoud… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects
elderly people and constitutes a major source of disability worldwide. Notably, the …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide-based positron emission tomography probes: Current strategies for synthesis and radiolabelling

M Failla, G Floresta, V Abbate - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In medical imaging, techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, contrast-enhanced
computerized tomography, and positron emission tomography (PET) are extensively …

Rapid progress in neuroimaging technologies fuels central nervous system translational medicine

L Kong, Q He, Q Li, R Schreiber, KI Kaitin, L Shao - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery suffers from high attrition rates; translational
neuroscience approaches aiming to reduce these high rates include the use of brain …

11C‐Cyanation of Aryl Fluorides via Nickel and Lithium Chloride‐Mediated C−F Bond Activation

Z Zhang, T Niwa, K Watanabe… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aryl fluorides are expected to be useful as radiolabeling precursors due to their chemical
stability and ready availability. However, direct radiolabeling via carbon‐fluorine (C− F) …

Photoredox nucleophilic (radio) fluorination of alkoxyamines

S Ortalli, J Ford, AA Trabanco, M Tredwell… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a photoredox nucleophilic (radio) fluorination using TEMPO-derived
alkoxyamines, a class of substrates accessible in a single step from a diversity of readily …

PET radiotracers and fluorescent probes for imaging human carbonic anhydrase IX and XII in hypoxic tumors

SG Nerella, P Singh, PS Thacker, M Arifuddin… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) and fluorescent imaging play a pivotal role in medical
diagnosis, biomedical oncologic research, and drug development process, which include …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor associated carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: rational approaches, design strategies, structure activity relationship and mechanistic insights

SG Nerella, PS Thacker, M Arifuddin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of tumor-associated human carbonic anhydrases (hCA) as promising
therapeutic targets has urged rigorous research into the development of potent and selective …

The 18F‐Difluoromethyl Group: Challenges, Impact and Outlook

J Ford, S Ortalli, V Gouverneur - … Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The difluoromethyl functionality has proven useful in drug discovery, as it can modulate the
properties of bioactive molecules. For PET imaging, this structural motif has been largely …

PET reporter systems for the brain

SG Nerella, M Michaelides, T Minamimoto… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) can be used as a noninvasive method to longitudinally
monitor and quantify the expression of proteins in the brain in vivo. It can be used to monitor …