ProTides of BVdU as potential anticancer agents upon efficient intracellular delivery of their activated metabolites

•Synthesis of 46 BVdU ProTide derivatives with superior activity over BVdU.•Anti-proliferative activity against L1210, CEM, HeLa and HEL cell lines.•Up to 20-fold cytostatic activity enhancement over the parent BVdU.•Retention or increase of the cytostatic activity against TK-deficient cancer cells....

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Main Authors: Kandil, Sahar, Balzarini, Jan, Rat, Stephanie, Brancale, Andrea, Westwell, Andrew D., McGuigan, Christopher
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131913/