Recent Advances in Repurposing Disulfiram and Disulfiram Derivatives as Copper-Dependent Anticancer Agents

Copper (Cu) plays a pivotal role in cancer progression by acting as a co-factor that regulates the activity of many enzymes and structural proteins in cancer cells. Therefore, Cu-based complexes have been investigated as novel anticancer metallodrugs and are considered as a complementary strategy fo...

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Main Authors: Vinodh Kannappan, Misha Ali, Benjamin Small, Gowtham Rajendran, Salena Elzhenni, Hamza Taj, Weiguang Wang, Q. Ping Dou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.741316/full