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List of works by Petra Heffeter

A Dogma in Doubt: Hydrolysis of Equatorial Ligands of PtIV Complexes under Physiological Conditions

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

A novel class of bis- and tris-chelate diam(m)inebis(dicarboxylato)platinum(IV) complexes as potential anticancer prodrugs.

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Abstract 1671: Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 enhances progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract 2573: Investigation of factors involved in the hypersensitivity to KP1339-treatment

Abstract 2637: Terminal dimethyl substitution of Triapine leads to activation of CHOP and induction of apoptosis via ER stress in human colon cancer cells

Abstract 3541: Combination of the ruthenium compound KP1339 with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib: A promising approach for the treatment of human hepatoma

Abstract 4397: Preclinical development of a novel hypoxia-activated EGFR inhibitor using a cobalt(III)-based prodrug design

scholarly article by Petra Heffeter et al published 1 August 2015 in Cancer Research

Abstract 5461: Triapine-mediated ABCB1 induction via PKC induces widespread therapy unresponsiveness but is not underlying acquired triapine resistance

Active vitamin D potentiates the anti-neoplastic effects of calcium in the colon: A cross talk through the calcium-sensing receptor

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Aggressiveness of human melanoma xenograft models is promoted by aneuploidy-driven gene expression deregulation

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An Organoruthenium Anticancer Agent Shows Unexpected Target Selectivity For Plectin.

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Anticancer Activity of Metal Complexes: Involvement of Redox Processes

scientific article published on May 11, 2011

Anticancer activity of methyl-substituted oxaliplatin analogs

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Anticancer activity of the lanthanum compound [tris(1,10-phenanthroline)lanthanum(III)]trithiocyanate (KP772; FFC24).

scientific article published on 15 December 2005

Anticancer effects of zoledronic acid against human osteosarcoma cells.

scientific article published on June 2006

Application of C60 Fullerene-Doxorubicin Complex for Tumor Cell Treatment In Vitro and In Vivo.

scientific article published in July 2015

Behavior of platinum(iv) complexes in models of tumor hypoxia: cytotoxicity, compound distribution and accumulation

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

Bioimaging of isosteric osmium and ruthenium anticancer agents by LA-ICP-MS.

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Calpain-mediated integrin deregulation as a novel mode of action for the anticancer gallium compound KP46.

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ChemInform Abstract: NKP-1339, the First Ruthenium-Based Anticancer Drug on the Edge to Clinical Application

Chronic arsenic trioxide exposure leads to enhanced aggressiveness via Met oncogene addiction in cancer cells

scientific article published on 28 March 2016

Comparative in vitro and in vivo pharmacological investigation of platinum(IV) complexes as novel anticancer drug candidates for oral application.

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Complex formation and cytotoxicity of Triapine derivatives: a comparative solution study on the effect of the chalcogen atom and NH-methylation

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

Destruxins: fungal-derived cyclohexadepsipeptides with multifaceted anticancer and antiangiogenic activities

scientific article published on 6 June 2013

Development of an experimental protocol for uptake studies of metal compounds in adherent tumor cells

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Differences in protein binding and excretion of Triapine and its Fe(III) complex

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

EGCG-meditated cyto- and genotoxicity in HaCat keratinocytes is impaired by cell-mediated clearance of auto-oxidation-derived H2O2: an algorithm for experimental setting correction

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

EVI1 inhibits apoptosis induced by antileukemic drugs via upregulation of CDKN1A/p21/WAF in human myeloid cells

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EVI1 promotes tumor growth via transcriptional repression of MS4A3.

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on the Wnt pathway in non-malignant colonic cells.

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Enhanced anticancer activity and circumvention of resistance mechanisms by novel polymeric/ phospholipidic nanocarriers of doxorubicin

scientific article published on July 2014

Enniatin exerts p53-dependent cytostatic and p53-independent cytotoxic activities against human cancer cells

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibition is active against mesothelioma and synergizes with radio- and chemotherapy.

scientific article published on October 2014

Fibroblast growth factor receptors as therapeutic targets in human melanoma: synergism with BRAF inhibition

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Heterocyclic complexes of ruthenium(III) induce apoptosis in colorectal carcinoma cells.

scientific article published on 16 October 2004

Impact of Stepwise NH2-Methylation of Triapine on the Physicochemical Properties, Anticancer Activity, and Resistance Circumvention

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Impact of metal coordination on cytotoxicity of 3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (triapine) and novel insights into terminal dimethylation.

scientific article published in August 2009

Impact of terminal dimethylation on the resistance profile of α-N-heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

In vitro studies on cisplatin focusing on kinetic aspects of intracellular chemistry by LC-ICP-MS.

scientific article published in June 2013

Influence of ascorbic acid on the activity of the investigational anticancer drug KP1019.

scientific article published on 26 June 2011

Interactions between ABC-transport proteins and the secondary Fusarium metabolites enniatin and beauvericin

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Intracellular protein binding patterns of the anticancer ruthenium drugs KP1019 and KP1339.

scientific article published on 11 March 2010

Intrinsic and Acquired Forms of Resistance against the Anticancer Ruthenium Compound KP1019 [Indazolium trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate (III)] (FFC14A)

scientific article published on 26 August 2004

Long-term exposure of immortalized keratinocytes to arsenic induces EMT, impairs differentiation in organotypic skin models and mimics aspects of human skin derangements.

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Macromolecular Pt(IV) Prodrugs from Poly(organo)phosphazenes.

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Maleimide-functionalised platinum(IV) complexes as a synthetic platform for targeted drug delivery.

scientific article published on March 2013

Mechanisms underlying reductant-induced reactive oxygen species formation by anticancer copper(II) compounds

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Mechanisms underlying the anticancer activities of the angucycline landomycin E.

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Metal-Arene Complexes with Indolo[3,2-c]-quinolines: Effects of Ruthenium vs Osmium and Modifications of the Lactam Unit on Intermolecular Interactions, Anticancer Activity, Cell Cycle, and Cellular Accumulation

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Metal-based paullones as putative CDK inhibitors for antitumor chemotherapy

scientific article published on 13 November 2007

Mouse tissue distribution and persistence of the food-born fusariotoxins Enniatin B and Beauvericin

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Multi-scale imaging of anticancer platinum(iv) compounds in murine tumor and kidney

scientific article published on 03 February 2016

Multidrug-resistant cancer cells are preferential targets of the new antineoplastic lanthanum compound KP772 (FFC24).

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NKP-1339, a first-in-class anticancer drug showing mild side effects and activity in patients suffering from advanced refractory cancer.

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

NKP-1339, the first ruthenium-based anticancer drug on the edge to clinical application

article by Robert Trondl et al published 4 April 2014 in Chemical Science

Nanoformulation improves activity of the (pre)clinical anticancer ruthenium complex KP1019.

scientific article published on May 2014

Nanoformulations of anticancer thiosemicarbazones to reduce methemoglobin formation and improve anticancer activity

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 6 no. 61, 2016

Ophiobolin A, a sesterterpenoid fungal phytotoxin, displays higher in vitro growth-inhibitory effects in mammalian than in plant cells and displays in vivo antitumor activity.

scientific article published on 10 June 2013

Organometallic indolo[3,2-c]quinolines versus indolo[3,2-d]benzazepines: synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization, and biological efficacy

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Osmium(IV) complexes with 1H- and 2H-indazoles: tautomer identity versus spectroscopic properties and antiproliferative activity

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Oxidative stress and DNA interactions are not involved in Enniatin- and Beauvericin-mediated apoptosis induction

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Poly(lactic acid) nanoparticles of the lead anticancer ruthenium compound KP1019 and its surfactant-mediated activation

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Position-Selective Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Four Isomeric A-Ring Amino Derivatives of the Alkaloid Luotonin A

scientific article published on 16 February 2019

Post-digestion stabilization of osmium enables quantification by ICP-MS in cell culture and tissue

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Quantitative bioimaging by LA-ICP-MS: a methodological study on the distribution of Pt and Ru in viscera originating from cisplatin- and KP1339-treated mice.

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Quantitative determination of intact free cisplatin in cell models by LC-ICP-MS

Resistance against novel anticancer metal compounds: differences and similarities

scientific article published on February 2008

Ribonucleotide reductase as one important target of [Tris(1,10-phenanthroline)lanthanum(III)] trithiocyanate (KP772).

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Silencing of protein kinase D2 induces glioma cell senescence via p53-dependent and -independent pathways.

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Specific antioxidant compounds differentially modulate cytotoxic activity of doxorubicin and cisplatin: in vitro and in vivo study

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Structural simplification of bioactive natural products with multicomponent synthesis. 3. Fused uracil-containing heterocycles as novel topoisomerase-targeting agents

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Structure-Related Mode-of-Action Differences of Anticancer Organoruthenium Complexes with β-Diketonates

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Synergistic anticancer activity of arsenic trioxide with erlotinib is based on inhibition of EGFR-mediated DNA double-strand break repair

scientific article published on 2 April 2013

Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of Radiolabeled [103Ru]BOLD-100

scientific article published on 15 November 2023

The First Anticancer Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Molybdenum(IV) Complexes: Tested in Vitro and in Vivo-A Comparison of O,O-, S,O-, and N,N-Chelate Effects

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

The Na+/K+-ATPase is the Achilles heel of multi-drug-resistant cancer cells

scientific article published on 31 March 2009

The gallium complex KP46 exerts strong activity against primary explanted melanoma cells and induces apoptosis in melanoma cell lines

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The naturally born fusariotoxin enniatin B and sorafenib exert synergistic activity against cervical cancer in vitro and in vivo.

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The ruthenium compound KP1339 potentiates the anticancer activity of sorafenib in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

The study of reduced versus oxidized glutathione in cancer cell models employing isotopically labelled standards

Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives Developed to Overcome COTI-2 Resistance

scientific article published in 2022

Trabectedin Is Active against Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Cell and Xenograft Models and Synergizes with Chemotherapy and Bcl-2 Inhibition In Vitro

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Triapine and a more potent dimethyl derivative induce endoplasmic reticulum stress in cancer cells.

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Triapine-mediated ABCB1 induction via PKC induces widespread therapy unresponsiveness but is not underlying acquired triapine resistance.

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Trivanillic polyphenols with anticancer cytostatic effects through the targeting of multiple kinases and intracellular Ca2+ release

scientific article published on July 2012

Tumor microenvironment in focus: LA-ICP-MS bioimaging of a preclinical tumor model upon treatment with platinum(IV)-based anticancer agents.

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Tumor-targeting of EGFR inhibitors by hypoxia-mediated activation

scientific article published on 30 July 2014

Tumorspezifische, Hypoxie-basierte Aktivierung von EGFR-Inhibitoren

Unsymmetric mono- and dinuclear platinum(IV) complexes featuring an ethylene glycol moiety: synthesis, characterization, and biological activity

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

Water-Soluble, Biocompatible Polyphosphazenes with Controllable and pH-Promoted Degradation Behavior

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X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy to resolve the in vivo chemistry of the redox-active indazolium trans-[Tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate(III)] (KP1019).

scientific article published on 31 January 2013