[PDF][PDF] Targeting the nucleotide metabolism of Trypanosoma brucei and other trypanosomatids

A Hofer - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis are life-threatening diseases
that together affect millions of people around the world and are caused by different members …

[HTML][HTML] Drug resistance in animal trypanosomiases: Epidemiology, mechanisms and control strategies

MA Ungogo, HP de Koning - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2024 - Elsevier
Animal trypanosomiasis (AT) is a complex of veterinary diseases known under various
names such as nagana, surra, dourine and mal de caderas, depending on the country, the …

Discovery of 5-Phenylpyrazolopyrimidinone Analogs as Potent Antitrypanosomal Agents with In Vivo Efficacy

Y Zheng, M Van den Kerkhof… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei, is one of the
neglected tropical diseases with a continuing need for new medication. We here describe …

Revisiting Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine Nucleosides as Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and Antileishmanial Agents

J Bouton, L Ferreira de Almeida Fiuza… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis are two neglected tropical diseases responsible
for numerous deaths around the world. For both, current treatments are largely inadequate …

Nucleoside Transport and Nucleobase Uptake Null Mutants in Leishmania mexicana for the Routine Expression and Characterization of Purine and Pyrimidine …

MM Aldfer, TA AlSiari, HAA Elati, MJ Natto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The study of transporters is highly challenging, as they cannot be isolated or studied in
suspension, requiring a cellular or vesicular system, and, when mediated by more than one …

Cloning and Characterization of Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax Nucleoside Transporters Reveal the Potential of P1-Type Carriers for the Discovery of Broad …

MA Ungogo, MM Aldfer, MJ Natto, H Zhuang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT), caused predominantly by Trypanosoma brucei
brucei, T. vivax and T. congolense, is a fatal livestock disease throughout Sub-Saharan …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleoside analogues for the treatment of animal trypanosomiasis

D Mabille, K Ilbeigi, S Hendrickx, MA Ungogo… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Animal trypanosomiasis (AT) is a parasitic disease with high socio-economic impact. Given
the limited therapeutic options and problems of toxicity and drug resistance, this study …

N6-modification of 7-deazapurine nucleoside analogues as anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti-Leishmania agents: Structure-activity relationship exploration and in vivo …

C Lin, DGJ Batista, AL Mazzeti, RD Girao… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chagas disease and leishmaniasis are two poverty-related neglected tropical diseases that
cause high mortality and morbidity. Current treatments suffer from severe limitations and …

Structure–Activity Relationship Exploration of 3′-Deoxy-7-deazapurine Nucleoside Analogues as Anti-Trypanosoma brucei Agents

F Hulpia, GD Campagnaro, KJ Alzahrani… - ACS Infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Human African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma
brucei parasites. These protists are unable to produce the purine ring, making them …

Purine and pyrimidine transporters of pathogenic protozoa–conduits for therapeutic agents

GD Campagnaro, HP De Koning - Medicinal Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purines and pyrimidines are essential nutrients for any cell. Most organisms are able to
synthesize their own purines and pyrimidines, but this ability was lost in protozoans that …