Trypanosomatid diseases molecular routes to drug discovery / edited by Timo Jäger, Oliver Koch, and Leopold Flohé.

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Publication InfoWeinheim, Germany : Wiley-Blackwell, [2013]
Descriptionxxviii, 547 pages : illustrations, 27 cm.
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Other author/creatorJäger, Timo.
Other author/creatorKoch, Oliver (Pharmacist). https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwHCdRP49tD88BwjYxyHP.
Other author/creatorFlohé, L. (Leopold), 1938. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjhCqxhctrM9fHf3CJVYP.
Other author/creatorEuropean Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (Organization)
SeriesDrug discovery in infectious diseases ; volume 4
Drug discovery in infectious diseases ; v. 4. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Pt.I: Disease burder, current treatments, medical needs, and strategic approaches. Visceral leishmaniasis -- current treatments and needs / Poonam Salotra, Ruchi Sing and Karin Seifert* -- Chemotherapy of leishmaniasis: a veterinary perspective / María Jesús Corral-Caridad and José María Alunda* -- Pharmacological metabolomics in trypanosomes / Darren J. Creek, Isabel M. Vincent, and Michael P. Barrett* -- Drug design and screening by In Silico approaches / Mattía Morí and Maurizío Botta* -- Computational approaches and collaborative drug discovery for trypanosomal diseases / Sean Elkins* and Barry A Bunin. Pt. II: Metabolic peculiarities in the trypanosomatid family guided drug discovery. Interaction of leishmania parasites with host cells and its functional consequences / Uta Schuright, Anita Masic and Heidrun Moll* -- Function of glycosomes in the metabolism of trypanosomatid parasites and the promise of glycosomal proteins as drug targets / Melisa Gualdrón-López, Paul A.M. Michels*, Wilfredo Quiñones, Ana J. Cáceres, Luísana Avilán, and Juan-Luis Concepción -- Clyxalase enzymes in trypanosomatids / Maria Sousa Silva, António E.N. Ferreira, Ricardo Gomes, Ana M. Tomás, Ana Ponces Freire, and Carlos Cordeiro* -- Trypanothione-based redox metabolism of trypanosomatids / Marcelo A. Comini* and Leopold Flohé -- Thiol peroxidases of trypanosomatids / Helena Castro* and Ana M. Tomás -- Peroxynitrite as a cytotoxic effector against trypanosoma cruzi: oxidative killing and antioxidant resistance mechanisms / Madia Trujillo, Maria Noel Alvarez, Lucia Piacenza, Martin Hugo, Ganzalo Peluffo and Rafael Radi* -- Selenoproteome of Kkinetoplastids / Alexei V. Labanov and Vadim N. Gladyshev* -- Republican machinery of Kinetoplastids DNA / Rachel Bezalel-Buch, Nurit Yaffe, and Joseph Shlomai* -- Life and death of Trypanosoma brucei: new perspectives for drug development / Torsten Barth, Jasmin Stein, Stefan Mogk, Caroline Schönfeld, Bruno K. Kubata, and Michael Duszenko*.
Contents Pt. III: Validation and selection of drug targets in Kinetoplasts. Rational selection of anti-microbial drug targets: unique or conserved? /Boris Rodenko and Harry P. de Koning* -- Drug targets in Trypanosomal and Leishmanial Pentose Phosphate pathway / Marcelo A. Comini*, Cecilia Ortiz, and Juan José Cazzulo -- GDP-Mannose: A key point for target identification and drug design in Kinetoplastids / Sébastien Pomel* and Philippe M. Loiseau -- Transporters in anti-parasitic drug development and resistance / Vincent Delespaux and Harry P. de Koning* -- Peptidases in autophagy are therapeutic targets for Leishmaniasis / Roderick A.M. Williams* -- Proteases of Trypanosoma brucei / Dietmar Steverding*. Pt. IV: Examples of target-based approaches and compounds under consideration. Screening approaches towards Trypanothione Reductase / Mathias Beig, Frank Oellien, R. Luise Krauth-Siegel, and Paul M. Selzer* -- Redox-active agents in reactions involving the Trypanothione/Trypanothione Reductase-based system to fight Kinetoplastidal parasites / Thibault Gendron, Don Antoine Lanfranchi, and Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet* -- Inhibition of Trypanothione synthetase as a therapeutic concept / Oliver Koch*, Timo Jäger, Leopold Flohé and Paul M. Selzer -- Targeting the trypanosomatidic enzymes Pteridine reductase and Dihydrofolate reductase / Stefania Ferrari, Valeria Lasasso, Puneet Saxena and Maria Paolo Costi* -- Contribution to new therapies for Chagas disease / Patricia S. Doyle* and Juan C. Engel -- Ergosterol biosynthesis for the specific treatment of Chagas disease: from basic science to clinical trials / Julio A. Urbina* -- New developments in the treatment of late-stage human African Trypanosomiasis / Cyrus J. Bacchi, Robert T. Jacobs, and Nigel Yarlett*.
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