Anti-Wolbachia drugs for filariasis

KL Johnston, WD Hong, JD Turner, PM O'Neill… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
The mutualistic association between Wolbachia endosymbionts and their filarial nematode
hosts has been exploited as a validated drug target delivering macrofilaricidal outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing of approved drugs from the human pharmacopoeia to target Wolbachia endosymbionts of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

KL Johnston, L Ford, I Umareddy, S Townson… - International Journal for …, 2014 - Elsevier
Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are debilitating diseases caused by parasitic filarial
nematodes infecting around 150 million people throughout the tropics with more than 1.5 …

AWZ1066S, a highly specific anti-Wolbachia drug candidate for a short-course treatment of filariasis

WD Hong, F Benayoud, GL Nixon… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis are two neglected tropical diseases that together
affect∼ 157 million people and inflict severe disability. Both diseases are caused by …

Industrial scale high-throughput screening delivers multiple fast acting macrofilaricides

RH Clare, C Bardelle, P Harper, WD Hong… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Nematodes causing lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis rely on their bacterial
endosymbiont, Wolbachia, for survival and fecundity, making Wolbachia a promising …

Identification and prioritization of novel anti-Wolbachia chemotypes from screening a 10,000-compound diversity library

KL Johnston, DAN Cook, NG Berry, W David Hong… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are two important neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs) that cause severe disability. Control efforts are hindered by the lack of a safe …

Wolbachia in filarial parasites: Targets for filarial infection and disease control

KL Johnston, MJ Taylor - Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2007 - Springer
Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are debilitating diseases caused by parasitic filarial
nematodes. These nematodes have evolved a mutualistic symbiosis with intracellular …

Anti-Wolbachia drug discovery and development: safe macrofilaricides for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

MJ Taylor, A Hoerauf, S Townson, BE Slatko, SA Ward - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Anti-Wolbachia therapy delivers safe macrofilaricidal activity with superior therapeutic
outcomes compared to all standard anti-filarial treatments, with the added benefit of …

Development and Validation of a High-Throughput Anti-Wolbachia Whole-Cell Screen: A Route to Macrofilaricidal Drugs against Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic …

RH Clare, DAN Cook, KL Johnston… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
There is an urgent need to develop new, safe, and affordable macrofilaricidal drugs for
onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis treatment and control. The Anti-Wolbachia …

Minocycline as a re-purposed anti-Wolbachia macrofilaricide: superiority compared with doxycycline regimens in a murine infection model of human lymphatic …

R Sharma, GA Jayoussi, HE Tyrer, J Gamble… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are parasitic helminth diseases, which cause severe
morbidities such as elephantiasis, skin disease and blindness, presenting a major public …

The Wolbachia endosymbiont as an anti-filarial nematode target

BE Slatko, MJ Taylor, JM Foster - Symbiosis, 2010 - Springer
Human disease caused by parasitic filarial nematodes is a major cause of global morbidity.
The parasites are transmitted by arthropod intermediate hosts and are responsible for …