Latest Advances in Specific Inhibition of Tumor-Associated Carbonic Anhydrases

Future Medicinal ChemistryVol. 15, No. 1 EditorialLatest advances in specific inhibition of tumor-associated carbonic anhydrasesClaudiu T SupuranClaudiu T Supuran *Author for correspondence: E-mail Address: claudiu.supuran@unifi.ithttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-0323Department of Neurofarba, Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, 50019, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:13 Jan 2023https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2022-0249AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleKeywords: anticancer theragnostic agentcarbonic anhydrase IX/XIIferroptosishypoxic tumorsinhibitorsReferences1. Aspatwar A, Tolvanen MEE, Barker H et al. Carbonic anhydrases in metazoan model organisms: molecules, mechanisms, and physiology. Physiol. 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Chem. 37, 1651–1655 (2022).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 15, No. 1 STAY CONNECTED Metrics Downloaded 47 times History Received 10 October 2022 Accepted 12 December 2022 Published online 13 January 2023 Published in print January 2023 Information© 2023 Newlands PressKeywordsanticancer theragnostic agentcarbonic anhydrase IX/XIIferroptosishypoxic tumorsinhibitorsFinancial & competing interests disclosureResearch from the author's laboratory was financed by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MIUR), grants PRIN prot. 2017XYBP2R and FISR2019_04819 BacCAD. The author declares conflict of interest, being one of the discoverers of SLC-0111. 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