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Diazepam-based covalent modifiers of GPX4 induce ferroptosis in liver cancer cells

D. Yadav, S. Tiwari, S. Senthil, S. K. Vechalapu, S. Duraisamy, V. Rawat, M. I. Rahman, S. Khanna and D. Allimuthu, 

Chem. Commun., 2024

DOI: 10.1039/D3CC06215E

Developing new chemotherapeutics that are structurally and mechanistically unique is a need due to the rapid rise of cancer incidences across the globe. Here we report the identification of irreversible, thiol-reactive diazepam derivatives as GPX4 modifiers and nanomolar inducers of ferroptosis in liver cancer cells.



Rational Design of Stapled Covalent Peptide Modifiers of Oncoprotein E6 from Human Papillomavirus

ACS Chem. Biol. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.4c00878 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to multiple cancers, most significantl...