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 …

Drug discovery for parasitic diseases: powered by technology, enabled by pharmacology, informed by clinical science

SPS Rao, UH Manjunatha, S Mikolajczak… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
While prevention is a bedrock of public health, innovative therapeutics are needed to
complement the armamentarium of interventions required to achieve disease control and …

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 …

Molecular targets for Chagas disease: validation, challenges and lead compounds for widely exploited targets

M Laureano de Souza, TJWJD Lapierre… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Chagas disease (CD) imposes social and economic burdens, yet the available
treatments have limited efficacy in the disease's chronic phase and cause serious adverse …

Structure-Guided Design and Synthesis of a Pyridazinone Series of Trypanosoma cruzi Proteasome Inhibitors

MG Thomas, K McGonagle, P Rowland… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
There is an urgent need for new treatments for Chagas disease, a parasitic infection which
mostly impacts South and Central America. We previously reported on the discovery of …

Efficacy and safety of fexinidazole for treatment of chronic indeterminate Chagas disease (FEXI-12): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 2 trial

MJ Pinazo, C Forsyth, I Losada, ET Esteban… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background More than six million people worldwide, particularly in vulnerable communities
in Latin America, are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas …

Strasseriolides display in vitro and in vivo activity against trypanosomal parasites and cause morphological and size defects in Trypanosoma cruzi

C Bosch-Navarrete, G Pérez-Moreno… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Neglected diseases caused by kinetoplastid parasites are a health burden in tropical and
subtropical countries. The need to create safe and effective medicines to improve treatment …

Phenotypic Evaluation of Nucleoside Analogues against Trypanosoma cruzi Infection: In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches

LFA Fiuza, DGJ Batista, RD Girão, F Hulpia… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is a serious public health problem.
Current treatment is restricted to two drugs, benznidazole and nifurtimox, displaying serious …

Perspectives for a new drug candidate for Chagas disease therapy

MNC Soeiro - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi, affects more than 6 million people mostly in poor areas of Latin America. CD has two …

1, 3-Thiazole derivatives as privileged structures for anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity: Rational design, synthesis, in silico and in vitro studies

MCH de Barros Dias, MS Barbalho… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a deadly and centenary neglected disease that is recently surging as a
potential global threat. Approximately 30% of infected individuals develop chronic Chagas …