A comprehensive review of topoisomerase inhibitors as anticancer agents in the past decade

X Liang, Q Wu, S Luan, Z Yin, C He, L Yin, Y Zou… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The topoisomerase enzymes play an important role in DNA metabolism, and searching for
enzyme inhibitors is an important target in the search for new anticancer drugs. Discovery of …

Cross‐Coupling of Heteroarenes by C H Functionalization: Recent Progress towards Direct Arylation and Heteroarylation Reactions Involving Heteroarenes …

R Rossi, F Bellina, M Lessi… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, transition metal‐catalyzed direct (hetero) arylation reactions of heteroarenes
with (hetero) aryl halides and pseudohalides have received significant attention as eco …

Pyridine derivatives as biologically active precursors; organics and selected coordination complexes

E Khan - ChemistrySelect, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyridine (py) is an important heterocyclic compound and is an integral part of various natural
products. There are various medicines containing py ring system being available in the …

Contemporary challenges in the design of topoisomerase II inhibitors for cancer chemotherapy

C Bailly - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION The length of straightened-out DNA in a single cell is nearly 2 m. In
mammalian cells, the nucleus has a diameter of approximately 6 μm and occupies about …

Selective Palladium‐Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Polyhalogenated Heteroarenes

R Rossi, F Bellina, M Lessi - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The palladium‐catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of multiply halogenated,
electron‐rich and electron‐deficient heteroarenes is one of the most reliable and …

Chalcones as Versatile Synthons for the Synthesis of 5-and 6-membered Nitrogen Heterocycles

H MT Albuquerque, C MM Santos… - Current Organic …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Chalcones belong to the flavonoid family which constitutes one of the major classes of
naturally occurring oxygen heterocyclic compounds. The α, β-unsaturated carbonyl system …

A series of novel terpyridine-skeleton molecule derivants inhibit tumor growth and metastasis by targeting topoisomerases

HB Kwon, C Park, KH Jeon, E Lee… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of novel terpyridine-skeleton molecules containing conformational rigidity, 14
containing benzo [4, 5] furo [3, 2-b] pyridine core and 15 comprising chromeno [4, 3-b] …

Multiple Topoisomerase I (TopoI), Topoisomerase II (TopoII) and Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase (TDP) inhibitors in the development of anticancer drugs

E Baglini, S Salerno, E Barresi, M Robello… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA Topoisomerases (Topos) are ubiquitous nuclear enzymes involved in regulating the
topological state of DNA and, in eukaryotic organisms, Topos can be classified into two …

The design and discovery of topoisomerase I inhibitors as anticancer therapies

E Martín-Encinas, A Selas, F Palacios… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Cancer has been identified as one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
The biological target of some anticancer agents is topoisomerase I, an enzyme involved in …

Topoisomerase as target for antibacterial and anticancer drug discovery

MK Kathiravan, MM Khilare… - Journal of enzyme …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
DNA topoisomerases comprise a major aspect of basic cellular biology and are molecular
targets for a variety of drugs like antibiotics, antibacterials and anticancer drugs. They act by …