Organometallic anti-tumor agents: targeting from biomolecules to dynamic bioprocesses

K Peng, Y Zheng, W **a, ZW Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The great clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives has convinced people that metal
complexes could play a more significant role in human cancer therapy. However, targeting …

An overview of advancement of organoruthenium (II) complexes as prospective anticancer agents

M Bashir, IA Mantoo, F Arjmand, S Tabassum… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The successful clinical translation of platinum drugs for cancer treatment has witnessed an
upsurge in the development of metal compounds as therapeutics and diagnostics drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-and metalloid-based compounds to target and reverse cancer multidrug resistance

A Valente, A Podolski-Renić, I Poetsch… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug resistance remains the major cause of cancer treatment failure especially at the late
stage of the disease. However, based on their versatile chemistry, metal and metalloid …

Organoruthenium-bipyridyl complexes–A platform for diverse chemistry and applications

C Pandya, A Sivaramakrishna - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing impact of organometallic complexes of group 8–10 metals academically and
industrially over the years demonstrates remarkable progress in harvesting useful reagents …

Exploring the potential of metallodrugs as chemotherapeutics for triple negative breast cancer

N Nayeem, M Contel - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on studies of coordination and organometallic compounds as potential
chemotherapeutics against triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) which has one of the …

Combating multidrug resistance of breast cancer with ginsenoside Rh2-irrigated nano-in-thermogel

J Long, W Hu, T Ren, X Wang, C Lu, X Pan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) is the leading cause of mortality in patients
with breast cancer. Overexpressed P-glycoprotein (P-gp) that can pump out …

[HTML][HTML] Rationally designed ruthenium complexes for breast cancer therapy

G Golbaghi, A Castonguay - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of the anticancer potential of ruthenium-based complexes, several
species were reported as promising candidates for the treatment of breast cancer, which …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotherapeutics targeting autophagy regulation for improved cancer therapy

Y Liu, Y Wang, J Zhang, Q Peng, X Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024 - Elsevier
The clinical efficacy of current cancer therapies falls short, and there is a pressing demand to
integrate new targets with conventional therapies. Autophagy, a highly conserved self …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging molecular receptors for the specific-target delivery of ruthenium and gold complexes into cancer cells

JF Machado, JDG Correia, TS Morais - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cisplatin and derivatives are highly effective in the treatment of a wide range of cancer
types; however, these metallodrugs display low selectivity, leading to severe side effects …

State of the art in organometallic ruthenium metallodrugs for breast cancer treatment: Advances and innovations

E Domínguez-Jurado, A Lara-Sánchez, I Bravo… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2025 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major health concern and a leading cause of death worldwide. Among all
cancer types, breast cancer has the highest incidence rate. The treatment of breast cancer …