Heterocyclic Compounds as Novel Anti-Cancer Agents and Their Mechanisms of Action
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 317
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Interests: small-molecule drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs); targeted protein degradation (TPD); chemical biology; CNS drug discovery
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of next-generation cancer therapies is crucial for identifying new targets and advancing precision oncology. Cancer remains a major concern and a leading cause of human suffering. Every year, the number of cancer cases and deaths continues to rise, posing a significant danger to public health and healthcare systems worldwide. The study of pathways, mechanisms, and structures of anticancer chemical compounds has played a crucial role in cancer prevention and treatment. Identifying different tumor cell lines and assessing the impact of natural and synthetic anticancer compounds has led to significant success. However, current therapy still faces challenges, such as the toxicity of anticancer agents and the damage they cause to normal tissues. There is an urgent need to develop potential anticancer agents with fewer off-target effects. This call for submissions includes novel anticancer heterocyclic compounds from both synthetic and natural sources, validated through in vitro or in vivo assessments of their mechanisms of action. Authors are invited to submit original research articles and review articles focused on heterocyclic compounds as novel anti-cancer agents and their mechanisms of action.
Dr. Chandra Mishra
Dr. Dnyaneshwar N. Garad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heterocyclic compounds
- anticancer
- synthetic
- natural
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