Reproducible molecular networking of untargeted mass spectrometry data using GNPS

AT Aron, EC Gentry, KL McPhail, LF Nothias… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Global Natural Product Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) is an interactive online
small molecule–focused tandem mass spectrometry (MS2) data curation and analysis …

Of drugs and trypanosomatids: new tools and knowledge to reduce bottlenecks in drug discovery

A Bhattacharya, A Corbeil, RL do Monte-Neto… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis (Leishmania species), sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei), and Chagas
disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) are devastating and globally spread diseases caused by …

Localized cardiac small molecule trajectories and persistent chemical sequelae in experimental Chagas disease

Z Liu, R Ulrich vonBargen, AL Kendricks… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Post-infectious conditions present major health burdens but remain poorly understood. In
Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, antiparasitic agents that …

Central role of metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi tropism and Chagas disease pathogenesis

Z Liu, R Ulrich vonBargen, LI McCall - Current opinion in microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Trypanosoma cruzi parasites and Chagas disease show specific
tropism.•Metabolism is implicated in T. cruzi parasite tropism and Chagas disease …

Single-cell mass spectrometry enables insight into heterogeneity in infectious disease

TD Nguyen, Y Lan, SS Kane, JJ Haffner, R Liu… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cellular heterogeneity is generally overlooked in infectious diseases. In this study, we
investigated host cell heterogeneity during infection with Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) …

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 …

Mapping of host-parasite-microbiome interactions reveals metabolic determinants of tropism and tolerance in Chagas disease

E Hossain, S Khanam, DA Dean, C Wu… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Chagas disease (CD) is a parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi protozoa,
presenting with cardiomyopathy, megaesophagus, and/or megacolon. To determine the …

Small molecule mediators of host-T. cruzi-environment interactions in Chagas disease

G Kwakye-Nuako, CE Middleton, LI McCall - PLoS Pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Small molecules (less than 1,500 Da) include major biological signals that mediate host-
pathogen-microbiome communication. They also include key intermediates of metabolism …

Spatial metabolomics identifies localized chemical changes in heart tissue during chronic cardiac Chagas Disease

DA Dean, G Gautham, JL Siqueira-Neto… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease (CD), caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is one of nineteen
neglected tropical diseases. CD is a vector-borne disease transmitted by triatomines, but CD …

Alterations to the Cardiac Metabolome Induced by Chronic T. cruzi Infection Relate to the Degree of Cardiac Pathology

K Hoffman, Z Liu, E Hossain, ME Bottazzi… - ACS infectious …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chronic Chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is a Neglected Tropical Disease caused by the
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The pathognomonic findings in symptomatic CCC patients and …