Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Epigenetic regulation in cardiovascular disease: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Shi, H Zhang, S Huang, L Yin, F Wang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetics is closely related to cardiovascular diseases. Genome-wide linkage and
association analyses and candidate gene approaches illustrate the multigenic complexity of …

Current state of melanoma diagnosis and treatment

LE Davis, SC Shalin, AJ Tackett - Cancer biology & therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. In the early stages, melanoma can be treated
successfully with surgery alone and survival rates are high, but after metastasis survival …

Epigenetic modulation and understanding of HDAC inhibitors in cancer therapy

MJ Ramaiah, AD Tangutur, RR Manyam - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in tumor initiation and progression is well
documented. Histone deacetylases (HDACs), histone methyl transferases (HMTs), and DNA …

A short guide to histone deacetylases including recent progress on class II enzymes

SY Park, JS Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The interaction between histones and DNA is important for eukaryotic gene expression. A
loose interaction caused, for example, by the neutralization of a positive charge on the …

Fluorogenic probes for disease-relevant enzymes

J Zhang, X Chai, XP He, HJ Kim, J Yoon… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Traditional biochemical methods for enzyme detection are mainly based on antibody-based
immunoassays, which lack the ability to monitor the spatiotemporal distribution and, in …

Indole: A privileged scaffold for the design of anti-cancer agents

Y Wan, Y Li, C Yan, M Yan, Z Tang - European journal of medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
In general, heterocyclic compounds are a significant source of pharmacologically active
compounds. Among them, the indole scaffold widely distributes in natural products and …

An epigenetic role of mitochondria in cancer

Y Liu, C Chen, X Wang, Y Sun, J Zhang, J Chen, Y Shi - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are not only the main energy supplier but are also the cell metabolic center
regulating multiple key metaborates that play pivotal roles in epigenetics regulation. These …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors as anticancer drugs

T Eckschlager, J Plch, M Stiborova… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Carcinogenesis cannot be explained only by genetic alterations, but also involves
epigenetic processes. Modification of histones by acetylation plays a key role in epigenetic …

Recent developments in epigenetic cancer therapeutics: clinical advancement and emerging trends

K Nepali, JP Liou - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic drug discovery field has evidenced significant advancement in the recent times.
A plethora of small molecule inhibitors have progressed to clinical stage investigations and …