[HTML][HTML] Immunity and vaccine development efforts against Trypanosoma cruzi

LE Rios, JC Vázquez-Chagoyán, AO Pacheco… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the causative agent for Chagas disease (CD). There is a
critical lack of methods for prevention of infection or treatment of acute infection and chronic …

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 …

Persistent Biofluid Small-Molecule Alterations Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Are Not Restored by Parasite Elimination

DA Dean, J Roach, R Ulrich vonBargen… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) protozoa, is a complicated
parasitic illness with inadequate medical measures for diagnosing infection and monitoring …

Animal models of Chagas disease and their translational value to drug development

E Chatelain, I Scandale - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction American trypanosomiasis, better known as Chagas disease, is a global public
health issue. Current treatments targeting the causative parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, are …

Host‐parasite dynamics in Chagas disease from systemic to hyper‐local scales

D Pérez‐Mazliah, AI Ward, MD Lewis - Parasite immunology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trypanosoma cruzi is a remarkably versatile parasite. It can parasitize almost any nucleated
cell type and naturally infects hundreds of mammal species across much of the Americas. In …

Treatment with suboptimal dose of benznidazole mitigates immune response molecular pathways in mice with chronic chagas cardiomyopathy

PSG Farani, K Begum, G Vilar-Pereira… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) is the most frequent and severe form of Chagas
disease, a neglected tropical illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and the …

Impact of Laboratory-Adapted Intracellular Trypanosoma cruzi Strains on the Activity Profiles of Compounds with Anti-T. cruzi Activity

ML Sykes, EK Kennedy, VM Avery - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. The
disease causes~ 12,000 deaths annually and is one of the world's 20 neglected tropical …

Trypanosoma cruzi-specific CD8+ T cells and other immunological hallmarks in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: Two decades of research

CJ Puerta, A Cuellar, P Lasso, J Mateus… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease, has coexisted with humans for
thousands of years. Therefore, the parasite has developed several mechanisms of antigenic …

Preliminary chemical characterization of ethanolic extracts from Colombian plants with promising anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity

JS Castañeda, M Suta-Velásquez, J Mateus… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is an important cause of morbidity
and mortality in Latin America. There are no vaccines, and the chemotherapy available to …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of sulfur-selenium isosteric replacement as a strategy for the development of new anti-chagasic drugs

M Rubio-Hernández, V Alcolea, S Pérez-Silanes - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Current treatment for Chagas disease is based on only two drugs: benznidazole and
nifurtimox. Compounds containing sulfur (S) in their structure have shown promising results …