Chemokine genetic polymorphism in human health and disease

T Qidwai - Immunology Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Chemokine receptor-ligand interaction regulates transmigration of lymphocytes and
monocytes from circulation to the inflammatory sites. CC chemokine receptors, chemokine …

Exploration of copy number variation in genes related to anti-malarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

T Qidwai - Gene, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of drug resistance in P. falciparum is one of the major problems
associated with malaria treatment. Parasite genetic factors such as single nucleotide …

Structure Based Docking and Molecular Dynamic Studies of Plasmodial Cysteine Proteases against a South African Natural Compound and its Analogs

TM Musyoka, AM Kanzi, KA Lobb, Ö Tastan Bishop - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Identification of potential drug targets as well as development of novel antimalarial
chemotherapies with unique mode of actions due to drug resistance by Plasmodium …

The knock-down of the chloroquine resistance transporter PfCRT is linked to oligopeptide handling in Plasmodium falciparum

CP Sanchez, EDT Manson, S Moliner Cubel… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The chloroquine resistance transporter, PfCRT, is an essential factor during intraerythrocytic
development of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. PfCRT resides at the …

A Novel series of [1, 2, 4] triazolo [4, 3-a] pyridine sulfonamides as potential antimalarial agents: In silico studies, synthesis and In vitro evaluation

VR Karpina, SS Kovalenko, SM Kovalenko… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
For the development of new and potent antimalarial drugs, we designed the virtual library
with three points of randomization of novel [1, 2, 4] triazolo [4, 3-a] pyridines bearing a …

Potentials of Terpenoids as Inhibitors of Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Protein Drug Targets

AA Ishola, KE Adewole, JO Adebayo, EA Balogun - Acta Parasitologica, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The resistance of parasite to readily affordable antimalarial drugs, the high cost of
currently potent drugs, and the resistance of vector mosquitoes to insecticides threaten the …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric pockets and dynamic residue network hubs of falcipain 2 in mutations including those linked to artemisinin resistance

CJ Okeke, TM Musyoka, OS Amamuddy… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Continually emerging resistant strains of malarial parasites to current drugs present
challenges. Understanding the underlying resistance mechanisms, especially those linked …

Impact of genetic variations in CC chemokine receptors and ligands on infectious diseases

T Qidwai, MY Khan - Human immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Chemokine receptors and ligands are crucial for extensive immune response against
infectious diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, HIV and tuberculosis and a wide variety …

In Silico Study Reveals How E64 Approaches, Binds to, and Inhibits Falcipain-2 of Plasmodium falciparum that Causes Malaria in Humans

EO Salawu - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum malaria, which degrades haemoglobin through falcipain-2 (FP2), is
a serious disease killing 445 thousand people annually. Since the P. falciparum's survival in …

Dual inhibition of parasitic targets: A valuable strategy to treat malaria and neglected tropical diseases

S Previti, C Di Chio, R Ettari… - Current Medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Despite the countless efforts made in the last decades, malaria and neglected tropical
diseases remain a high-impact health problem in developing countries. Malaria is one of the …