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ReviewBiomarker research2016

Mechanically produced schistosomula as a higher-throughput tools for phenotypic pre-screening in drug sensitivity assays: current research and future trends.

Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu, William Kofi Anyan, Daniel Boamah, Kofi Owusu Baffour-Awuah, Stephanie Keyetat Tekwu, Veronique Penlap Beng, Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko, Kwabena Mante Bosompem

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Review in Biomarker research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Review
  7. Antischistosomal Activity ofBioMed research international · 2021
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  9. Identification of annotated bioactive molecules that impair motility of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2020
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  11. In Vitro Assessment of Anthelmintic Activities ofJournal of parasitology research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emmanuel Mouafo TekwuNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, PO Box LG581 Legon, Accra, Ghana ; Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research and Pharmacology, Biotechnology Centre, Nkolbisson, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
William Kofi AnyanNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, PO Box LG581 Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Daniel BoamahCentre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR), Akwapim, Mampong, Ghana.
Kofi Owusu Baffour-AwuahNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, PO Box LG581 Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Stephanie Keyetat TekwuYaounde Emergency Centre (CURY), Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Veronique Penlap BengLaboratory for Tuberculosis Research and Pharmacology, Biotechnology Centre, Nkolbisson, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Alexander Kwadwo NyarkoSchool of Pharmacy, College of Health sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Kwabena Mante BosompemNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, PO Box LG581 Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research · GHUniversity of Ghana · GHUniversité de Yaoundé I · CM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is crucial to develop new antischistosomal drugs since there is no vaccine and the whole world is relying on only a single drug for the treatment of schistosomiasis. One of the obstacles to the development of drugs is the absence of the high throughput objective screening methods to assess drug compounds efficacy. Thus for identification of new drug compounds candidates, fast and accurate in vitro assays are unavoidable and more research efforts in the field of drug discovery can target schistosomula. This review presents a substantial overview of the present state of in vitro drug sensitivity assays developed so far for the determination of anti-schistosomula activity of drug compounds, natural products and derivatives using newly transformed schistosomula (NTS). It highlights some of the challenges involved in in vitro compound screening using NTS and the way forward.

Indexed as

Drug discoveryIn vitro drug sensitivityMechanical transformationNewly Transformed SchistosomulaSchistosomiasis

Identifiers

PMID27895916
PMCPMC5120492
OpenAlexW2554547044

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