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ArticlePloS one2018

In silico repositioning of approved drugs against Schistosoma mansoni energy metabolism targets.

Nicole Melo Calixto, Daniela Braz Dos Santos, José Clecildo Barreto Bezerra, Lourival de Almeida Silva

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole Melo CalixtoDepartment of Bioinformatics, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano-Campus Ceres, Ceres, Goiás, Brazil.
Daniela Braz Dos SantosLAERPH- Laboratory of Parasite-Host Relationship Study, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública da Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
José Clecildo Barreto BezerraLAERPH- Laboratory of Parasite-Host Relationship Study, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública da Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Lourival de Almeida SilvaDepartment of Bioinformatics, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano-Campus Ceres, Ceres, Goiás, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0774-0960
Ceres · USUniversidade Federal de Goiás · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a neglected parasitosis caused by Schistosoma spp. Praziquantel is used for the chemoprophylaxis and treatment of this disease. Although this monotherapy is effective, the risk of resistance and its low efficiency against immature worms compromises its effectiveness. Therefore, it is necessary to develop new schistosomicide drugs. However, the development of new drugs is a long and expensive process. The repositioning of approved drugs has been proposed as a quick, cheap, and effective alternative to solve this problem. This study employs chemogenomic analysis with use of bioinformatics tools to search, identify, and analyze data on approved drugs with the potential to inhibit Schistosoma mansoni energy metabolism enzymes. The TDR Targets Database, Gene DB, Protein, DrugBank, Therapeutic Targets Database (TTD), Promiscuous, and PubMed databases were used. Fifty-nine target proteins were identified, of which 18 had one or more approved drugs. The results identified 20 potential drugs for schistosomiasis treatment; all approved for use in humans.

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Drug ApprovalDrug RepositioningSchistosomicidesAnimalsComputer SimulationEnergy MetabolismHumansSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasis mansoniSchistosomicides

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PMID30596650
PMCPMC6312253
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