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ArticleBiomolecules2019

Combination Anthelmintic/Antioxidant Activity Against

Maria João Gouveia, Paul J Brindley, Gabriel Rinaldi, Fátima Gärtner, José Manuel Correia da Costa, Nuno Vale

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Article in Biomolecules, 2019. 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
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria João GouveiaCenter for the Study in Animal Science, University of Porto, (CECA/ICETA), Rua de D. Manuel II, Apt 55142, 4051-401 Porto, Portugal. mariajoaogouveia@gmail.com.
Paul J BrindleyDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA. pbrindley@email.gwu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1765-0002
Gabriel RinaldiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA. gr10@sanger.ac.uk.
Fátima GärtnerDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal. fgartner@ipatimup.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-5302-0086
José Manuel Correia da CostaCenter for the Study in Animal Science, University of Porto, (CECA/ICETA), Rua de D. Manuel II, Apt 55142, 4051-401 Porto, Portugal. jose.costa@insa.min-saude.pt.
Nuno ValeDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal. nuno.vale@ff.up.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-1283-1042
Universidade do Porto · PTGeorge Washington University · US

Funding

Targeting parasite-host communication to combat liver fluke-induced bile duct cancerR01CA164719 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Paul J Brindley, THEWARACH LAHA · 2012 to 2026
$5.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease. Treatment for schistosomiasis with praziquantel (PZQ), which is effective against the parasite, by itself is not capable to counteract infection-associated disease lesions including hepatic fibrosis. There is a pressing need for novel therapies. Due to their biological properties, antioxidant biomolecules might be useful in treating and reverting associated pathological sequelae. Here, we investigated a novel therapy approach based on a combination of anthelmintic drugs with antioxidant biomolecules. We used a host-parasite model involving

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsAntiprotozoal AgentsCell SurvivalSchistosoma mansoniAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsAntiprotozoal Agentsanthelmintic druganticancer drugantioxidant biomoleculescombination therapydrug repurposingnewly transformed schistosomulaSchistosoma mansoni

Identifiers

PMID30764562
PMCPMC6406910
OpenAlexW2913789968

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