Recent developments in drug discovery for leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis

AS Nagle, S Khare, AB Kumar, F Supek… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that presents four main clinical syndromes: cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), visceral leishmaniasis/kala azar …

Recent progress in drug targets and inhibitors towards combating leishmaniasis

S Vijayakumar, P Das - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Lesihmaniasis is one of the major neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite of the
genus Leishmania. The disease has more than one clinical forms and the visceral form is …

Antileishmanial phytochemical phenolics: molecular docking to potential protein targets

IV Ogungbe, WR Erwin, WN Setzer - Journal of Molecular Graphics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A molecular docking analysis has been carried out to examine potential Leishmania protein
targets of antiprotozoal plant-derived polyphenolic compounds. A total of 352 phenolic …

Heat-shock protein 90α protects NME1 against degradation and suppresses metastasis of breast cancer

Y Zhang, G Zhao, L Yu, X Wang, Y Meng, J Mao… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background NME1 has been exploited as a potential translational target for decades.
Substantial efforts have been made to upregulate the expression of NME1 and restore its …

Structure, folding and stability of nucleoside diphosphate kinases

F Georgescauld, Y Song, A Dautant - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPK) are oligomeric proteins involved in the synthesis of
nucleoside triphosphates. Their tridimensional structure has been solved by X-ray …

In-silico Leishmania Target Selectivity of Antiparasitic Terpenoids

IV Ogungbe, WN Setzer - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), like leishmaniasis, are major causes of mortality in
resource-limited countries. The mortality associated with these diseases is largely due to …

Molecular and structural basis of nucleoside diphosphate kinase–mediated regulation of spore and sclerotia development in the fungus Aspergillus flavus

Y Wang, S Wang, X Nie, K Yang, P Xu, X Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
The fundamental biological function of nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDK) is to catalyze
the reversible exchange of the γ-phosphate between nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) and …

The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against protozoan neglected diseases—Part III: In-silico molecular docking investigations

IV Ogungbe, WN Setzer - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Malaria, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and human African trypanosomiasis continue to
cause considerable suffering and death in developing countries. Current treatment options …

Identifying inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1 as potential repurposed drugs for Chagas' disease

F Galceran, FA Digirolamo, M Rengifo… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas' disease, an endemic and neglected
disease. The treatment is limited to only two drugs, benznidazole (BZL) and nifurtimox …

Gaining molecular insights towards inhibition of foodborne fungi Aspergillus fumigatus by a food colourant violacein via computational approach

R Sindhu, SS Bhat, J Sangta, C Dharmashekar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Filamentous Fungal Human Pathogens (FFHPs) such as Aspergillus fumigatus, are
growing resistant to currently available antifungal drugs. One possible target, the Nucleoside …