Toxemia in human naturally acquired botulism

C Rasetti-Escargueil, E Lemichez, MR Popoff - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human botulism is a severe disease characterized by flaccid paralysis and inhibition of
certain gland secretions, notably salivary secretions, caused by inhibition of neurotransmitter …

Structural and Molecular Insight into Piperazine and Piperidine Derivatives as Histamine H3 and Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonists with Promising Antinociceptive …

K Szczepańska, S Podlewska, M Dichiara… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In an attempt to extend recent studies showing that some clinically evaluated histamine H3
receptor (H3R) antagonists possess nanomolar affinity at sigma-1 receptors (σ1R), we …

Recent Developments in Botulinum Neurotoxins Detection

C Rasetti-Escargueil, MR Popoff - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are produced as protein complexes by bacteria of the genus
Clostridium that are Gram-positive, anaerobic and spore forming (Clostridium botulinum, C …

[HTML][HTML] THP as a sensor for the electrochemical detection of H2O2

M Failla, A Ferlazzo, V Abbate, G Neri, E Saccullo… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) detection is paramount in biological and clinical
domains due to its pivotal role in various physiological and pathological processes. This …

[HTML][HTML] Learning Drug-Disease-Target Embedding (DDTE) from knowledge graphs to inform drug repurposing hypotheses

C Moon, C Jin, X Dong, S Abrar, W Zheng… - Journal of biomedical …, 2021 - Elsevier
We aimed to develop and validate a new graph embedding algorithm for embedding drug-
disease-target networks to generate novel drug repurposing hypotheses. Our model …

New anti SARS-Cov-2 targets for quinoline derivatives chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine

D Gentile, V Fuochi, A Rescifina… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
created a severe global health crisis. In this paper, we used docking and simulation methods …

Pseudo-dipeptide bearing α, α-difluoromethyl ketone moiety as electrophilic warhead with activity against coronaviruses

A Citarella, D Gentile, A Rescifina, A Piperno… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The synthesis of α-fluorinated methyl ketones has always been challenging. New methods
based on the homologation chemistry via nucleophilic halocarbenoid transfer, carried out …

Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 HR1 with small molecules as inhibitors of the fusion process

D Gentile, A Coco, V Patamia, C Zagni… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid and global propagation of the novel human coronavirus that causes severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has produced an immediate urgency to …

An Integrated In Silico and In Vitro Approach for the Identification of Natural Products Active against SARS-CoV-2

R Pennisi, D Gentile, A Rescifina, E Napoli, P Trischitta… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has provoked a global health crisis due to the absence of a …

1, 2-Dibenzoylhydrazine as a multi-inhibitor compound: A morphological and docking study

V Patamia, G Floresta, C Zagni, V Pistarà… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the framework of the multitarget inhibitor study, we report an in silico analysis of 1, 2-
dibenzoylhydrazine (DBH) with respect to three essential receptors such as the ecdysone …