Next generation gold drugs and probes: chemistry and biomedical applications

RT Mertens, S Gukathasan, AS Arojojoye… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gold drugs, gold sodium thiomalate (Myocrisin), aurothioglucose (Solganal), and the
orally administered auranofin (Ridaura), are utilized in modern medicine for the treatment of …

Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR–Cas screens

SW Awwad, A Serrano-Benitez, JC Thomas… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
All organisms possess molecular mechanisms that govern DNA repair and associated DNA
damage response (DDR) processes. Owing to their relevance to human disease, most …

Recent developments on other platinum metal complexes as target-specific anticancer therapeutics

TS Prathima, B Choudhury, MG Ahmad… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous biologically active metal complexes are reported for their unique features and
enhanced functions, particularly towards the inhibition of cancer progression. With the …

Chemotherapy impairs ovarian function through excessive ROS-induced ferroptosis

S Zhang, Q Liu, M Chang, Y Pan, BH Yahaya… - Cell death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemotherapy was conventionally applied to kill cancer cells, but regrettably, they also
induce damage to normal cells with high-proliferative capacity resulting in cardiotoxicity …

Cisplatin for cancer therapy and overcoming chemoresistance

R Ranasinghe, ML Mathai, A Zulli - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Cisplatin spearheads the anticancer chemotherapeutics in present-day use although acute
toxicity is its primary impediment factor. Among a plethora of experimental medications, a …

Bioactivity and development of small non-platinum metal-based chemotherapeutics

MG Ferraro, M Piccolo, G Misso, R Santamaria, C Irace - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Countless expectations converge in the multidisciplinary endeavour for the search and
development of effective and safe drugs in fighting cancer. Although they still embody a …

[HTML][HTML] Oxaliplatin and its derivatives–An overview

PD O'Dowd, DF Sutcliffe, DM Griffith - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxaliplatin was the third Pt-based anticancer drug to be clinically used worldwide. It exhibits
a broad spectrum of anticancer activity and was the first to be approved for the treatment of …

Quercetin mitigates cisplatin-induced oxidative damage and apoptosis in cardiomyocytes through Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway

SH Wang, KL Tsai, WC Chou, HC Cheng… - The American journal …, 2022 - World Scientific
Cisplatin is massively used to treat solid tumors. However, several severe adverse effects,
such as cardiotoxicity, are obstacles to its clinical application. Cardiotoxicity may lead to …

Regulation of cisplatin resistance in lung cancer cells by nicotine, BDNF, and a β-adrenergic receptor blocker

R Ray, H Al Khashali, B Haddad, J Wareham… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is well-recognized that cigarette smoking is a primary risk factor in the development of non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), known to account for~ 80% of all lung cancers with nicotine …

Is autophagy always a barrier to cisplatin therapy?

J Xu, DA Gewirtz - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cisplatin has long been a first-line chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of cancer,
largely for solid tumors. During the course of the past two decades, autophagy has been …