ReviewBiometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine2023
Arsenic in medicine: past, present and future.
Review in Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
- Heavy metal carcinogenicity: a scoping review of observational & experimental evidence.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Temporal gating dictates stress-induced transcript export from the nucleus.Genes & development · 2026Article
- AsRSC advances · 2026Article
- 10-Gingerol Alleviates Arsenic Trioxide-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Mechanisms Involving the PI3K/AKT Pathway Revealed by Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Heavy Metals in Agriculture: Sources, Industrial Applications, Plant Toxicity, and Remediation Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Synergistic function of ars genes in arsenic detoxification and biosynthesis of organoarsenicals.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Review
- Bio and Geno-toxic Activities of Cadmium- Arsenic Salts Combination And/or Fluoride in Female Rats Confirmed by Molecular Docking.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Temporal gating dictates stress-induced transcript export from the nucleus.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Metalloids: Semi as Metals yet Full of Antimicrobial Potential.ChemMedChem · 2026Review
- The arsenic proteome in cancer: Unravelling molecular mechanisms of anticancer drugs.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026Review
- Mineral-to-molecule arsenic transfer via photoredox catalysis.Nature chemistry · 2026Article
- Inhibition of PHPT1 by phenylarsonic acids.Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) · 2026Article
- Multifunctional Glycine-Carbon Dots Protect Against Arsenic Hepatotoxicity Through Redox Balance and PI3K/AKT Activation.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Article
- Investigating the Mechanisms of Combined Therapy for MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells Using Arsenic Trioxide and Resveratrol through Network Pharmacology.Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interplay between geometry, electron density, and polarizability of the controversial drug atoxyl in crystal and biological environments.RSC advances · 2025Article
- Arsenome, Arsenobolome, and Arsenobiolome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Strain-Release Driven Arsenium Ion Bond Insertion.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Arsenic binds to nuclear transport factors and disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport.Journal of cell science · 2025Article
- Effects of organic and inorganic contaminants and their mixtures on metabolic health and gene expression in developmentally exposed zebrafish.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025Article
- Direct binding of arsenicals to nuclear transport factors disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Arsenicals are one of the oldest treatments for a variety of human disorders. Although infamous for its toxicity, arsenic is paradoxically a therapeutic agent that has been used since ancient times for the treatment of multiple diseases. The use of most arsenic-based drugs was abandoned with the discovery of antibiotics in the 1940s, but a few remained in use such as those for the treatment of trypanosomiasis. In the 1970s, arsenic trioxide, the active ingredient in a traditional Chinese medicine, was shown to produce dramatic remission of acute promyelocytic leukemia similar to the effect of all-trans retinoic acid. Since then, there has been a renewed interest in the clinical use of arsenicals. Here the ancient and modern medicinal uses of inorganic and organic arsenicals are reviewed. Included are antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic and anticancer applications. In the face of increasing antibiotic resistance and the emergence of deadly pathogens such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, we propose revisiting arsenicals with proven efficacy to combat emerging pathogens. Current advances in science and technology can be employed to design newer arsenical drugs with high therapeutic index. These novel arsenicals can be used in combination with existing drugs or serve as valuable alternatives in the fight against cancer and emerging pathogens. The discovery of the pentavalent arsenic-containing antibiotic arsinothricin, which is effective against multidrug-resistant pathogens, illustrates the future potential of this new class of organoarsenical antibiotics.
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