Click and release: bioorthogonal approaches to “on-demand” activation of prodrugs

X Ji, Z Pan, B Yu, LK De La Cruz, Y Zheng… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Prodrug approaches represent an excellent solution to certain pharmaceutical issues
commonly encountered in the drug discovery and development process. Along this line, the …

Strategies toward organic carbon monoxide prodrugs

X Ji, B Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carbon monoxide is widely acknowledged as an important gasotransmitter in
the mammalian system with importance on par with that of nitric oxide. It has also been firmly …

Enrichment-triggered prodrug activation demonstrated through mitochondria-targeted delivery of doxorubicin and carbon monoxide

Y Zheng, X Ji, B Yu, K Ji, D Gallo, E Csizmadia… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Controlled activation is a critical component in prodrug development. Here we report a
concentration-sensitive platform approach for bioorthogonal prodrug activation by taking …

Carbon monoxide signaling: examining its engagement with various molecular targets in the context of binding affinity, concentration, and biologic response

Z Yuan, LK De La Cruz, X Yang, B Wang, Q Ma - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide (CO) has been firmly established as an endogenous signaling molecule
with a variety of pathophysiological and pharmacological functions, including …

Role of carbon monoxide in host–gut microbiome communication

CP Hopper, LK De La Cruz, KV Lyles… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nature is full of examples of symbiotic relationships. The critical symbiotic relation between
host and mutualistic bacteria is attracting increasing attention to the degree that the gut …

Click chemistry approaches for develo** carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and their applications

A Angeli, CT Supuran - Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Click chemistry reactions constitute an important and relatively new approach in the
medicinal chemistry toolbox and offer substantial advantages to medicinal chemists in terms …

Liposome surface modification by phospholipid chemical reactions

PHC de Lima, AP Butera, LF Cabeça… - Chemistry and Physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liposomal systems are well known for playing an important role as drug carriers, presenting
several therapeutic applications in different sectors, such as in drug delivery, diagnosis, and …

[HTML][HTML] Nature's marvels endowed in gaseous molecules I: carbon monoxide and its physiological and therapeutic roles

X Yang, W Lu, CP Hopper, B Ke, B Wang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature has endowed gaseous molecules such as O 2, CO 2, CO, NO, H 2 S, and N 2 with
critical and diverse roles in sustaining life, from supplying energy needed to power life and …

Carbon monoxide: An emerging therapy for acute kidney injury

X Yang, M de Caestecker… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Treating acute kidney injury (AKI) represents an important unmet medical need both in terms
of the seriousness of this medical problem and the number of patients. There is also a large …

Organic CO prodrugs: Structure–CO‐release rate relationship studies

Z Pan, V Chittavong, W Li, J Zhang, K Ji… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an endogenously produced gasotransmitter in mammals, and
may have signaling roles in bacteria as well. It has many recognized therapeutic effects. A …