The lipophilic bullet hits the targets: medicinal chemistry of adamantane derivatives

L Wanka, K Iqbal, PR Schreiner - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
A simple, primary amine bearing a C10H15 alkyl residue was found to display potent anti-
Influenza A properties in 1964. 1 Soon thereafter, antiviral activity of this amine was found …

Targeting mitochondria for cancer therapy

S Fulda, L Galluzzi, G Kroemer - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Mitochondria are the cells' powerhouse, but also their suicidal weapon store. Dozens of
lethal signal transduction pathways converge on mitochondria to cause the permeabilization …

Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization in cell death

G Kroemer, L Galluzzi, C Brenner - Physiological reviews, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Irrespective of the morphological features of end-stage cell death (that may be apoptotic,
necrotic, autophagic, or mitotic), mitochondrial membrane permeabilization (MMP) is …

Mitochondrial control of cell death

G Kroemer, JC Reed - Nature medicine, 2000 - nature.com
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nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best …

Propionibacteria induce apoptosis of colorectal carcinoma cells via short-chain fatty acids acting on mitochondria

G Jan, AS Belzacq, D Haouzi, A Rouault… - Cell Death & …, 2002 - nature.com
The genus Propionibacterium is composed of dairy and cutaneous bacteria which produce
short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), mainly propionate and acetate, by fermentation. Here, we …

Mitochondrion as a novel target of anticancer chemotherapy

P Costantini, E Jacotot, D Decaudin… - Journal of the National …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization is a critical event in the process leading to
physiologic or chemotherapy-induced apoptosis (programmed cell death). This …

Mitochondrial gateways to cancer

L Galluzzi, E Morselli, O Kepp, I Vitale, A Rigoni… - Molecular aspects of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are required for cellular survival, yet can also orchestrate cell death. The
peculiar biochemical properties of these organelles, which are intimately linked to their …

Cisplatin preferentially binds mitochondrial DNA and voltage-dependent anion channel protein in the mitochondrial membrane of head and neck squamous cell …

Z Yang, LM Schumaker, MJ Egorin, EG Zuhowski… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Cisplatin adducts to nuclear DNA (nDNA) are felt to be the molecular lesions that
trigger apoptosis, but the mechanism linking nDNA adduct formation and cell death is …

Chemotherapy: targeting the mitochondrial cell death pathway

KM Debatin, D Poncet, G Kroemer - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
One of the mechanisms by which chemotherapeutics destroy cancer cells is by inducing
apoptosis. Apoptosis can be activated through several different signalling pathways, but …

The mitochondrial death pathway: a promising therapeutic target in diseases

S Gupta, GEN Kass, E Szegezdi… - Journal of cellular and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
• Introduction• Mitochondria and cell death• Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
(MOMP): point of no return‐MOMP by BCL‐2 family proteins‐MOMP by permeability …