A review of the global burden, novel diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine targets for cryptosporidium

W Checkley, AC White, D Jaganath… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Cryptosporidium spp are well recognised as causes of diarrhoeal disease during
waterborne epidemics and in immunocompromised hosts. Studies have also drawn …

Drugs in development for toxoplasmosis: advances, challenges, and current status

PH Alday, JS Doggett - Drug design, development and therapy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Toxoplasma gondii causes fatal and debilitating brain and eye diseases. Medicines that are
currently used to treat toxoplasmosis commonly have toxic side effects and require …

Development of an Orally Available and Central Nervous System (CNS) Penetrant Toxoplasma gondii Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 1 (TgCDPK1) Inhibitor with Minimal …

RSR Vidadala, KL Rivas, KK Ojo… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
New therapies are needed for the treatment of toxoplasmosis, which is a disease caused by
the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. To this end, we previously developed a potent …

Unpacking the Pathogen Box—an open source tool for fighting neglected tropical disease

CGL Veale - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pathogen Box is a 400‐strong collection of drug‐like compounds, selected for
their potential against several of the world's most important neglected tropical diseases …

Bumped Kinase Inhibitors as therapy for apicomplexan parasitic diseases: lessons learned

R Choi, MA Hulverson, W Huang, RSR Vidadala… - International journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Bumped Kinase Inhibitors, targeting Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase 1 in
apicomplexan parasites with a glycine gatekeeper, are promising new therapeutics for …

Inhibition of calcium dependent protein kinase 1 (CDPK1) by pyrazolopyrimidine analogs decreases establishment and reoccurrence of central nervous system …

FU Rutaganira, J Barks, MS Dhason… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Calcium dependent protein kinase 1 (CDPK1) is an essential enzyme in the opportunistic
pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. CDPK1 controls multiple processes that are critical to the …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinases in Toxoplasma gondii

RY Gaji, AK Sharp, AM Brown - International journal for parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular pathogen that causes life threatening illness
in immunodeficient individuals, miscarriage in pregnant woman, and blindness in newborn …

In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of the Bumped Kinase Inhibitor 1294 in the Related Cyst-Forming Apicomplexans Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum

P Winzer, J Müller, A Aguado-Martínez… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report on the in vitro effects of the bumped kinase inhibitor 1294 (BKI-1294) in cultures of
virulent Neospora caninum isolates Nc-Liverpool (Nc-Liv) and Nc-Spain7 and in two strains …

Drug target identification in protozoan parasites

J Müller, A Hemphill - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Despite the fact that diseases caused by protozoan parasites represent serious
challenges for public health, animal production and welfare, only a limited panel of drugs …

Extended-spectrum antiprotozoal bumped kinase inhibitors: a review

WC Van Voorhis, JS Doggett, M Parsons… - Experimental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many life-cycle processes in parasites are regulated by protein phosphorylation. Hence,
disruption of essential protein kinase function has been explored for therapy of parasitic …