The Rise of Boron-Containing Compounds: Advancements in Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, and Emerging Pharmacology

RJ Grams, WL Santos, IR Scorei, A Abad-García… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Boron-containing compounds (BCC) have emerged as important pharmacophores. To date,
five BCC drugs (including boronic acids and boroles) have been approved by the FDA for …

New boron delivery agents

AG Beck-Sickinger, DP Becker… - Cancer Biotherapy & …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
This proceeding article compiles current research on the development of boron delivery
drugs for boron neutron capture therapy that was presented and discussed at the National …

Aromatic halogenation using carborane catalyst

CN Kona, R Oku, S Nakamura, M Miura, K Hirano… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Haloarenes have been an important class of chemicals in the modern organic chemistry
field because the halide functionality offers numerous possible transformations. Classical …

Sweet boron: boron-containing sugar derivatives as potential agents for boron neutron capture therapy

D Imperio, L Panza - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary type of radiotherapy for the treatment of
cancer. Due to recent developments of neutron accelerators and their installation in some …

Targeting of peptide‐binding receptors on cancer cells with peptide‐drug conjugates

DJ Worm, S Els‐Heindl, AG Beck‐Sickinger - Peptide Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Specifically addressing cell surface molecules on cancer cells facilitates targeted cancer
therapies that offer the potential to selectively destroy malignant cells, while sparing healthy …

Carboranes as unique pharmacophores in antitumor medicinal chemistry

Y Chen, F Du, L Tang, J Xu, Y Zhao, X Wu, M Li… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Carborane is a carbon-boron molecular cluster that can be viewed as a 3D analog of
benzene. It features special physical and chemical properties, and thus has the potential to …

Selective neuropeptide Y conjugates with maximized carborane loading as promising boron delivery agents for boron neutron capture therapy

DJ Worm, P Hoppenz, S Els-Heindl… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
G-protein-coupled receptors like the human Y1 receptor (hY1R) are promising targets in
cancer therapy due to their high overexpression on cancer cells and their ability to …

Carborane-containing amino acids and peptides: Synthesis, properties and applications

DA Gruzdev, GL Levit, VP Krasnov… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Derivatives of dicarba-closo-dodecaboranes and dicarba-nido-undecaboranes (carboranes)
are of increasing interest for modern medicinal chemistry and materials science. The …

Aza-BODIPY: A new vector for enhanced theranostic boron neutron capture therapy applications

G Kalot, A Godard, B Busser, J Pliquett… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a radiotherapeutic modality based on the nuclear
capture of slow neutrons by stable 10B atoms followed by charged particle emission that …

A selective carborane-functionalized gastrin-releasing peptide receptor agonist as boron delivery agent for boron neutron capture therapy

P Hoppenz, S Els-Heindl, M Kellert… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) allows the selective elimination of malignant tumor
cells without affecting healthy tissue. Although this binary radiotherapy approach has been …