Organometallic anti-tumor agents: targeting from biomolecules to dynamic bioprocesses

K Peng, Y Zheng, W Xia, ZW Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The great clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives has convinced people that metal
complexes could play a more significant role in human cancer therapy. However, targeting …

Ru (II) compounds: next-generation anticancer metallotherapeutics?

S Thota, DA Rodrigues, DC Crans… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal based therapeutics are a precious class of drugs in oncology research that include
examples of theranostic drugs, which are active in both diagnostic, specifically imaging, and …

Structure–activity relationships for ruthenium and osmium anticancer agents–towards clinical development

SM Meier-Menches, C Gerner, W Berger… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Anticancer metallodrugs based on ruthenium and osmium are among the most investigated
and advanced non-platinum metallodrugs. Inorganic drug discovery with these agents has …

Occurrence, biogenesis, and synthesis of biologically active carbazole alkaloids

AW Schmidt, KR Reddy, HJ Knölker - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Since our previous review, 1 there has been a tremendous development in the field of
carbazole alkaloids. New synthetic methodologies have been developed, existing …

Half-sandwich ruthenium arene complexes bearing clinically approved drugs as ligands: The importance of metal–drug synergism in metallodrug design

C Sumithaa, M Ganeshpandian - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2023 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy in metallodrug discovery today is incorporating clinically approved drugs
into metal complexes as coordinating ligands. Using this strategy, various drugs have been …

Application of metal coordination chemistry to explore and manipulate cell biology

KL Haas, KJ Franz - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Our desire to understand how the individual molecules that make up cells organize, interact,
and communicate to form living systems has led to the burgeoning field of chemical biology …

Challenges and opportunities in the development of organometallic anticancer drugs

CG Hartinger, N Metzler-Nolte, PJ Dyson - Organometallics, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review provides an introduction into the fascinating area of organometallic anticancer
compounds. Although the subject dates back many years, it has witnessed considerable …

New trends for metal complexes with anticancer activity

PCA Bruijnincx, PJ Sadler - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Medicinal inorganic chemistry can exploit the unique properties of metal ions for the design
of new drugs. This has, for instance, led to the clinical application of chemotherapeutic …

Approaching tumour therapy beyond platinum drugs: status of the art and perspectives of ruthenium drug candidates

A Bergamo, C Gaiddon, JHM Schellens… - Journal of inorganic …, 2012 - Elsevier
The study of metal complexes for the treatment of cancer diseases has resulted in the
identification of some unique properties of ruthenium-based compounds. Among these …

The ins and outs of selective kinase inhibitor development

S Müller, A Chaikuad, NS Gray, S Knapp - Nature chemical biology, 2015 - nature.com
Protein kinases have emerged as one of the most successful families of drug targets. To
date, most selective kinase inhibitors have been discovered serendipitously either through …