New drug discovery strategies for the treatment of benznidazole-resistance in Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease

SMF Murta, PA Lemos Santana… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Benznidazole, the drug of choice for treating Chagas Disease (CD), has
significant limitations, such as poor cure efficacy, mainly in the chronic phase of CD …

Cloning and Characterization of Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax Nucleoside Transporters Reveal the Potential of P1-Type Carriers for the Discovery of Broad …

MA Ungogo, MM Aldfer, MJ Natto, H Zhuang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT), caused predominantly by Trypanosoma brucei
brucei, T. vivax and T. congolense, is a fatal livestock disease throughout Sub-Saharan …

Drug screening and development cascade for Chagas disease: an update of in vitro and in vivo experimental models

MNC Soeiro, PA Sales-Junior, VRA Pereira… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease is a tropical neglected disease that affects millions of people worldwide, still
demanding a more effective and safer therapy, especially in its chronic phase which lacks a …

Antiparasitic Activity of Plumbago auriculata Extracts and Its Naphthoquinone Plumbagin against Trypanosoma cruzi

RB Peres, MM Batista, ALR Bérenger, FC Camillo… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease (CD) caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi affects more than six
million people worldwide. Treatment is restricted to benznidazole (Bz) and nifurtimox (Nf) …

Pyrimidine salvage in Toxoplasma gondii as a target for new treatment

HAA Elati, AL Goerner… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasmosis is a common protozoan infection that can have severe outcomes in the
immunocompromised and during pregnancy, but treatment options are limited. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of New Pyrazole-Thiadiazole Scaffolds

TP Souza, LMR Orlando, LS Lara, VB Paes, LP Dutra… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease, a silent but widespread disease that mainly affects a socioeconomically
vulnerable population, lacks innovative safe drug therapy. The available drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Activity of pyridyl-pyrazolone derivatives against Trypanosoma cruzi

DGJ Batista, LF de Almeida Fiuza, F Klupsch… - Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
New affordable drugs are needed for the treatment of infection with the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi responsible for the Chagas disease (CD). Only two old drugs are …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the transporter-substrate interactions of the Trypanosoma cruzi NB1 nucleobase transporter reveals the basis for its high affinity and selectivity for …

MM Aldfer, F Hulpia, S van Calenbergh… - Molecular and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite and the etiological agent of Chagas disease, a
debilitating and sometimes fatal disease that continues to spread to new areas. Yet, Chagas …

The Trypanosoma cruzi TcrNT2 Nucleoside Transporter Is a Conduit for the Uptake of 5-F-2′-Deoxyuridine and Tubercidin Analogues

MM Aldfer, IA Alfayez, HAA Elati, N Gayen… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the scarce validated drug targets against Chagas disease (CD), caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite's nucleoside salvage system has recently attracted …

Antitrypanosomal Activity of 1, 2, 3-Triazole-Based Hybrids Evaluated Using In Vitro Preclinical Translational Models

LMR Orlando, LS Lara, GC Lechuga, GC Rodrigues… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is a
neglected tropical disease that affects 6–7 million people worldwide. It is a global disease …