Shining new light on biological systems: luminescent transition metal complexes for bioimaging and biosensing applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

Construction of homo and heteronuclear Ru (II), Ir (III) and Re (I) complexes for target specific cancer therapy

S Pete, N Roy, B Kar, P Paira - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
More than 10 million death tolls in 2020 were reported as a result of heinous impact of
cancer, making it second most prime cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In …

Role of Pure Technetium Chemistry: Are There Still Links to Applications in Imaging?

R Alberto - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery and development of new 99mTc-based radiopharmaceuticals or labeled
drugs in general is based on innovative, pure chemistry and subsequent, application …

Identification of novel potent and non-toxic anticancer, anti-angiogenic and antimetastatic rhenium complexes against colorectal carcinoma

J Delasoie, A Pavic, N Voutier, S Vojnovic… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Combination therapy targeting both tumor growth and vascularization is considered to be a
cornerstone for colorectal carcinomas (CRC) treatment. However, the major obstacles of …

Photoactive and luminescent transition metal complexes as anticancer agents: A guiding light in the search for new and improved cancer treatments

BS McGhie, JR Aldrich-Wright - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer continues to be responsible for the deaths of more than 9 million people worldwide
each year. Current treatment options are diverse, but low success rates, particularly for those …

Exploring ovarian cancer cell resistance to rhenium anticancer complexes

SC Marker, AP King, RV Swanda… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rhenium tricarbonyl complexes have been recently investigated as novel anticancer agents.
However, little is understood about their mechanisms of action, as well as the means by …

Antimicrobial Activity of Rhenium Di- and Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes: Insights on Membrane-Bound S. aureus Protein Binding

K Schindler, Y Cortat, M Nedyalkova, A Crochet… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major human health threats, with significant impacts on
the global economy. Antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective as drug-resistance …

Investigation of substituent effect on rhenium complexes by DFT methods: Structural analysis, IR spectrum, quantum chemical parameter, NLO and OLED properties …

CA Yıldız, E Güney, V Nasif, D Karakaş… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The names are correctedAbstract For the synthesized 9b, 9c and 9d complexes, hypothetical
complexes were formed by adding electron-withdrawing (NO 2) and electron-donating (NH …

Anticancer activities of Re (I) tricarbonyl and its imidazole-based ligands: insight from a theoretical approach

ML Matlou, H Louis, DE Charlie, EC Agwamba… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rhenium complexes have been observed experimentally to exhibit good inhibitory activity
against malignant cells. Hence, our motivation is to explore this activity from a theoretical …

Systematically altering the lipophilicity of rhenium (I) tricarbonyl anticancer agents to tune the rate at which they induce cell death

CC Konkankit, BA Vaughn, Z Huang, E Boros… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Rhenium-based anticancer agents have arisen as promising alternatives to conventional
platinum-based drugs. Based on previous studies demonstrating how increasing lipophilicity …