[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent nanotechnological strategies for systemic chemotherapy against melanoma

J Oliveira Pinho, M Matias, MM Gaspar - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer, being one of the deadliest cancers in the
world. The current treatment options involve surgery, radiotherapy, targeted therapy …

Are human tyrosinase and related proteins suitable targets for melanoma therapy?

E Buitrago, R Hardre, R Haudecoeur… - Current topics in …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Among the human copper-containing monooxygenases, Tyrosinase (Ty) is an important
enzyme involved in the determinant step of the biosynthetic pathway of melanin pigment. In …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS Oncogene in Colon Cancer Cells with 7-Carboxylate Indolo[3,2-b]quinoline Tri-Alkylamine Derivatives

H Brito, AC Martins, J Lavrado, E Mendes… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background A guanine-rich strand within the promoter of the KRAS gene can fold into an
intra-molecular G-quadruplex structure (G4), which has an important role in the regulation of …

Anticancer triazenes: from bioprecursors to hybrid molecules

AP Francisco, E Mendes, AR Santos… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Triazenes are a very useful and diverse class of compounds that have been studied for their
potential in the treatment of many tumors including brain tumor, leukemia and melanoma …

Synthesis and Properties of 1-Acyl Triazenes

IR Landman, E Acuña-Bolomey, R Scopelliti… - Organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
1-Acyl triazenes can be prepared by acid-catalyzed hydration, gold/iodine-catalyzed
oxidation, or oxyhalogenation of 1-alkynyl triazenes. Crystallographic analyses reveal a …

The selective cytotoxicity of new triazene compounds to human melanoma cells

A Sousa, F Santos, MM Gaspar, S Calado… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metastatic melanoma still remains one the most difficult cancers to overcome. The aim of our
research was the design of anti-tumour triazene compounds 3 for application to a melanoma …

Sulfur analogues of tyrosine in the development of triazene hybrid compounds: A new strategy against melanoma

M Granada, E Mendes, MJ Perry… - ACS Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Malignant melanoma is the major cause of death from skin cancer. Treatment of metastatic
melanoma remains an enormous challenge. In this study we developed hybrid compounds …

Potential of several triazene derivatives against DENGUE viruses

S Sokhna, N Mérindol, M Presset, I Seck… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV), an RNA
Flavivirus transmitted by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus widespread in …

A tyrosinase-responsive tumor-specific cascade amplification drug release system for melanoma therapy

D Li, X Zhou, W Zhang, H Xu, B Xiao, X Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor-selective drug delivery could enhance anticancer efficacy and avoid drug side
effects. However, because of tumor heterogeneity, current nanoparticle-based drug delivery …