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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2025

Unlocking the power of imidazoquinolines: recent advances in anticancer and immunotherapeutic strategies.

Ranjini Jenifer R, Badruzzaman Choudhury, Mohammed Mujahid Alam, Balamurali Mm, Kaushik Chanda

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ranjini Jenifer RChemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Badruzzaman ChoudhuryDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
Mohammed Mujahid AlamDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Balamurali MmChemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Kaushik ChandaDepartment of Chemistry, Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The challenges in drug discovery aiming to mitigate cancer progression are the thrust area of scientific research for several decades. Since the advent of heterocyclic chemistry, drug discovery programs have made significant achievements that lead to the development of numerous drugs with broad spectrum of potencies, contributing to both diagnostic and therapeutic advancements. Till date, efforts to discover more potent and efficient drug candidates are underway to minimize adverse side effects of existing chemotherapeutics. In view of the above, small-molecule agonists that can interact with different immune modulators like toll like receptor-7 (TLR-7) and TLR-8 are being investigated and explored. These candidates are expected to display profound effect on anti-tumoral activity by enhancing the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Recently, numerous imidazoquinoline derivatives with proven TLR agonist activities have emerged as promising anticancer therapeutics. With advancements in technology and the evolution of new scopes in drug discovery, different strategies are being adopted, particularly with the help of nanotechnology, immune-technology, combination drug chemistry,

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Antineoplastic AgentsImidazolesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsQuinolinesAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 8Antineoplastic AgentsImidazolesQuinolinesToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 8anticancerantitumorHER2Imidazoquinolinesmedicinal chemistry

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PMID40231819
PMCPMC12506721

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