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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2013

Cytochrome P450-activated prodrugs.

Paul R Ortiz de Montellano

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Phenoconversion andHepatology forum · 2025
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  10. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  18. Designing cytochrome P450 enzymes for use in cancer gene therapy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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  19. Effects ofActa medica Philippina · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul R Ortiz de MontellanoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517, USA. ortiz@cgl.ucsf.edu
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

UCSF Liver Core CenterP30DK026743 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Holger Willenbring · 1986 to 2026
$30.7M
SELECTIVE DESTRUCTION OF CYTOCHROME P450 BY DRUGSR01GM025515 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ORTIZ DE MONTELLANO, PAUL R · 1985 to 2014
$5.6M
SELECTIVE DESTRUCTION OF CYTOCHROME P450 BY DRUGSR37GM025515 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI ORTIZ DE MONTELLANO, PAUL R · 1989 to 1998
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NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK026743NIGMS NIH HHS GM25515NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM025515NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM025515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A prodrug is a compound that has negligible, or lower, activity against a specified pharmacological target than one of its major metabolites. Prodrugs can be used to improve drug delivery or pharmacokinetics, to decrease toxicity, or to target the drug to specific cells or tissues. Ester and phosphate hydrolysis are widely used in prodrug design because of their simplicity, but such approaches are relatively ineffective for targeting drugs to specific sites. The activation of prodrugs by the cytochrome P450 system provides a highly versatile approach to prodrug design that is particularly adaptable for targeting drug activation to the liver, to tumors or to hypoxic tissues.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemHumansProdrugsAntineoplastic AgentsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemProdrugs

Identifiers

PMID23360144
PMCPMC3697796
OpenAlexW2149874329

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Registered trials

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