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ReviewParasitology2014

Target-based drug discovery for human African trypanosomiasis: selection of molecular target and chemical matter.

Ian H Gilbert

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In one paragraph

Review in Parasitology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. ACS infectious diseases · 2021
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Metabolic Control Analysis for Drug Target Prioritization in Trypanosomatids.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2020
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ian H GilbertDivision of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust WT077705Wellcome Trust WT083481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Target-based approaches for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and related parasites can be a valuable route for drug discovery for these diseases. However, care needs to be taken in selection of both the actual drug target and the chemical matter that is developed. In this article, potential criteria to aid target selection are described. Then the physiochemical properties of typical oral drugs are discussed and compared to those of known anti-parasitics.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsDrug DiscoveryBiological AvailabilityDosage FormsDrug Administration RoutesDrug Administration ScheduleDrug ResistanceHumansStructure-Activity RelationshipTrypanocidal AgentsTrypanosoma brucei gambienseTrypanosoma brucei rhodesienseTrypanosomiasis, AfricanDosage FormsTrypanocidal Agents

Identifiers

PMID23931634
PMCPMC3884840

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