Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges

M De Rycker, S Wyllie, D Horn, KD Read… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Leishmaniasis (visceral and cutaneous), Chagas disease and human African
trypanosomiasis cause substantial death and morbidity, particularly in low-and middle …

Chagas disease in the United States: a public health approach

C Bern, LA Messenger, JD Whitman… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, usually transmitted by
triatomine vectors. An estimated 20 to 30% of infected individuals develop potentially lethal …

Short-course combination treatment for experimental chronic Chagas disease

S González, RJ Wall, J Thomas, S Braillard… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects millions of
people in the Americas and across the world, leading to considerable morbidity and …

PARP1-cGAS-NF-κB pathway of proinflammatory macrophage activation by extracellular vesicles released during Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease

S Choudhuri, NJ Garg - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the etiological agent of Chagas cardiomyopathy. In the
present study, we investigated the role of extracellular vesicles (Ev) in shaping the …

State-of-the-art in the drug discovery pathway for Chagas disease: A framework for drug development and target validation

JC Gabaldón-Figueira… - … and Reports in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chagas disease is the most important protozoan infection in the Americas, and constitutes a
significant public health concern throughout the world. Development of new medications …

Cardiomyocyte infection by Trypanosoma cruzi promotes innate immune response and glycolysis activation

G Venturini, JM Alvim, K Padilha, CN Toepfer… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Chagas cardiomyopathy, a disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi)
infection, is a major contributor to heart failure in Latin America. There are significant gaps in …

Chagas disease serological test performance in US blood donor specimens

JD Whitman, CA Bulman, EL Gunderson… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chagas disease affects an estimated 300,000 individuals in the United States. Diagnosis in
the chronic phase requires positive results from two different IgG serological tests. Three …

Novel roles of PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs in human health and diseases

Z Wu, X Yu, S Zhang, Y He, W Guo - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Non-coding RNA has aroused great research interest recently, they play a wide range of
biological functions, such as regulating cell cycle, cell proliferation, and intracellular …

An evaluation of benznidazole as a Chagas disease therapeutic

IS Caldas, EG Santos, RD Novaes - Expert opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: As benznidazole is the first-line treatment for patients with Chagas disease,
rational chemotherapy strategies are required based on the critical analysis of the evidence …

PARPs and ADP-Ribosylation in Chronic Inflammation: A Focus on Macrophages

DV Santinelli-Pestana, E Aikawa, SA Singh, M Aikawa - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aberrant adenosine diphosphate-ribose (ADP)-ribosylation of proteins and nucleic acids is
associated with multiple disease processes such as infections and chronic inflammatory …