Metallo-drugs in cancer therapy: Past, present and future

RL Lucaciu, AC Hangan, B Sevastre, LS Oprean - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatments which include conventional chemotherapy have not proven very
successful in curing human malignancies. The failures of these treatment modalities include …

The importance of being Casiopeina as polypharmacologycal profile (mixed chelate–copper (II) complexes and their in vitro and in vivo activities)

Z Aguilar-Jiménez, A Espinoza-Guillén… - Inorganics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this review, we present a timeline that shows the origin of mixed chelate copper (II)
complexes, registered as Mark Title Casiopeínas®, as the first copper (II) compounds …

Copper complexes with 1, 10-phenanthroline derivatives: Underlying factors affecting their cytotoxicity

P Nunes, I Correia, F Marques, AP Matos… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The interpretation of in vitro cytotoxicity data of Cu (II)-1, 10-phenanthroline (phen)
complexes normally does not take into account the speciation that complexes undergo in …

Synergistic antimicrobial effects of silver/transition-metal combinatorial treatments

JA Garza-Cervantes, A Chávez-Reyes, EC Castillo… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains, development of novel antibiotics has
become a critical issue. One promising approach is the use of transition metals, since they …

Cu (I) and Cu (II) complexes based on lonidamine-conjugated ligands designed to promote synergistic antitumor effects

F Del Bello, M Pellei, L Bagnarelli, C Santini… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bis (pyrazol-1-yl)-and bis (3, 5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-acetates were conjugated with the 2-
hydroxyethylester and 2-aminoethylamide derivatives of the antineoplastic drug lonidamine …

Silica nanoparticles induce cardiotoxicity interfering with energetic status and Ca2+ handling in adult rat cardiomyocytes

CE Guerrero-Beltrán… - American Journal …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Recent evidence has shown that nanoparticles that have been used to improve or create
new functional properties for common products may pose potential risks to human health …

Amorphous SiO2 nanoparticles promote cardiac dysfunction via the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in rat heart and human cardiomyocytes

O Lozano, C Silva-Platas, H Chapoy-Villanueva… - Particle and Fibre …, 2020 - Springer
Background Silica nanoparticles (nanoSiO 2) are promising systems that can deliver
biologically active compounds to tissues such as the heart in a controllable manner …

Resveratrol prevents right ventricle dysfunction, calcium mishandling, and energetic failure via SIRT3 stimulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension

J Bernal-Ramírez, C Silva-Platas… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by pulmonary vessel remodeling;
however, its severity and impact on survival depend on right ventricular (RV) failure …

Synthesis and cytotoxicity evaluation of copper (II) complexes with polypyridines and 5-benzyltetrazole

JA Eremina, KS Smirnova, LS Klyushova… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, four new mixed-ligand copper (II) complexes with 5-benzyltetrazole
(HL) and polypyridine ligands (phen–1, 10-phenanthroline, dmphen–4, 7-dimethyl-1, 10 …

Water-soluble copper (II) complexes with 4, 5-dichloro-isothiazole-3-carboxylic acid and heterocyclic N-donor ligands: Synthesis, crystal structures, cytotoxicity, and …

JA Eremina, EV Lider, TS Sukhikh, LS Klyushova… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mixed-ligand copper (II) complexes based on 1, 10-phenanthroline and related compounds
are of interest to scientists due to their promising anticancer properties. In this study, four …