Search Results - "Benaim, Gustavo"
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Unmasking the Mechanism behind Miltefosine: Revealing the Disruption of Intracellular Ca2+ Homeostasis as a Rational Therapeutic Target in Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (27-03-2024)“…Originally developed as a chemotherapeutic agent, miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine) is an inhibitor of phosphatidylcholine synthesis with proven…”
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Disruption of Intracellular Calcium Homeostasis as a Therapeutic Target Against Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (14-02-2020)“…There is no effective cure for Chagas disease, which is caused by infection with the arthropod-borne parasite, . In the search for new drugs to treat Chagas…”
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Effects of amiodarone, amioder, and dronedarone on Trichomonas vaginalis
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-06-2022)“…Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan that causes human trichomoniasis, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection (STI) affecting approximately…”
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SQ109 inhibits proliferation of Leishmania donovani by disruption of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, collapsing the mitochondrial electrochemical potential (ΔΨm) and affecting acidocalcisomes
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-02-2020)“…Leishmania donovani is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis. Annually, 500 million new cases of infection are reported mainly in poor communities,…”
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Ca2+/Calmodulin and Apo-Calmodulin Both Bind to and Enhance the Tyrosine Kinase Activity of c-Src
Published in PloS one (09-06-2015)“…Src family non-receptor tyrosine kinases play a prominent role in multiple cellular processes, including: cell proliferation, differentiation, cell survival,…”
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Editorial: Chagas disease novel drug targets and treatments
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (26-05-2023)Get full text
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Neglected Tropical Protozoan Diseases: Drug Repositioning as a Rational Option
Published in Current topics in medicinal chemistry (01-08-2016)“…Neglected tropical diseases represent a major sanitary problem and a huge economic burden to endemic countries, and are currently expanding to non-endemic…”
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Antiproliferative effect of a benzofuran derivate based on the structure of amiodarone on Leishmania donovani affecting mitochondria, acidocalcisomes and intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis
Published in Parasitology international (01-06-2019)“…Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease representing an important problem of public health. Visceral leishmaniasis, resulting from infection with Leishmania…”
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Characterization of phospho-(tyrosine)-mimetic calmodulin mutants
Published in PloS one (01-04-2015)“…Calmodulin (CaM) phosphorylated at different serine/threonine and tyrosine residues is known to exert differential regulatory effects on a variety of…”
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Editorial: Advances in the Molecular Biology of Trypanosomatid Pathogens: New Strategies Against Ancient Enemies
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (06-10-2021)Get full text
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Synthesis, Antimalarial, Antileishmanial, and Cytotoxicity Activities and Preliminary In Silico ADMET Studies of 2-(7-Chloroquinolin-4-ylamino)ethyl Benzoate Derivatives
Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) (01-12-2023)“…A series of heterocyclic chloroquine hybrids, containing a chain of two carbon atoms at position four of the quinolinic chain and acting as a link between…”
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In Vitro Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of Dronedarone, a Novel Amiodarone Derivative with an Improved Safety Profile
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-07-2012)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Determination of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration in the Human Pathogens Trypanosomatids Leishmania mexicana and Trypanosoma cruzi by the Use of the Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicator Fura-2
Published in Bio-protocol (20-09-2020)“…Ca 2+ is an essential signaling messenger in all eukariotic cells, playing a pivotal role in many cellular functions as cell growth control (differentiation,…”
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Amiodarone Destabilizes Intracellular Ca2+ Homeostasis and Biosynthesis of Sterols in Leishmania mexicana
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-04-2009)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Amiodarone and Miltefosine Act Synergistically against Leishmania mexicana and Can Induce Parasitological Cure in a Murine Model of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-12-2009)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Primary cutaneous carcinosarcoma: insights into its clonal origin and mutational pattern expression analysis through next-generation sequencing
Published in Human pathology (01-12-2013)“…Summary Primary cutaneous carcinosarcoma is a rare biphenotypic neoplasm exhibiting both epithelial and sarcomatous elements. Even though its origin and…”
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Targeting calcium homeostasis as the therapy of Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis - a review
Published in Tropical biomedicine (01-12-2011)“…Ca(2+) has been largely recognized as an essential messenger in all eukaryotes, from mammals to parasites. The disruption of Ca(2+) homeostasis in any cell…”
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The marine sponge toxin agelasine B increases the intracellular Ca2+ concentration and induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7)
Published in Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology (01-01-2012)“…Purpose In search for new drugs derived from natural products for the possible treatment of cancer, we studied the action of agelasine B, a compound purified…”
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Unmasking the Mechanism behind Miltefosine: Revealing the Disruption of Intracellular Ca[sup.2+] Homeostasis as a Rational Therapeutic Target in Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-04-2024)“…Originally developed as a chemotherapeutic agent, miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine) is an inhibitor of phosphatidylcholine synthesis with proven…”
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The Activity of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Largely Modulates the Ca2+i Signal Induced by Hypo-Osmotic Stress in Rat Cerebellar Astrocytes. The Effect of Osmolarity on Exchange Activity
Published in Journal of Physiological Sciences (2008)“…We recently demonstrated that rat cerebellar Type-1 astrocytes express a very active Na+/Ca2+ exchanger highly colocalized with ryanodine receptors (RyRs),…”
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