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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

Amlodipine Increases the Therapeutic Potential of Ravuconazole upon Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.

Yara Almeida Machado, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Ivo Santana Caldas, Ana Lia Mazzeti, Rômulo Dias Novaes, Breno Raimundo Vilas Boas, Lorena Júnia de Souza Santos, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marcos José Marques, Lívia de Figueiredo Diniz

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yara Almeida MachadoLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
Maria Terezinha BahiaLaboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Escola de Medicina & Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Ivo Santana CaldasLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
Ana Lia MazzetiLaboratório de Biologia Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rômulo Dias NovaesLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
Breno Raimundo Vilas BoasLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
Lorena Júnia de Souza SantosGrupo Integrado de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Instituto René Rachou, FIOCRUZ-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Olindo Assis Martins-FilhoGrupo Integrado de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Instituto René Rachou, FIOCRUZ-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Marcos José MarquesLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
Lívia de Figueiredo DinizLaboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil liviadinizcastro@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9398-6478
Universidade Federal de Alfenas · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mining existing agents that enhance the therapeutic potential of ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors (EBI) is a promising approach to improve Chagas disease chemotherapy. In this study, we evaluated the effect of ravuconazole, an EBI, combined with amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, upon

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Chagas DiseaseNitroimidazolesTrypanocidal AgentsTrypanosoma cruziAmlodipineAnimalsMiceParasitemiaThiazolesTriazolesAmlodipineER 30346NitroimidazolesThiazolesTriazolesTrypanocidal Agentscalcium channel blockersChagas diseasecombination therapyexperimental chemotherapyrepurposingsynergism

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PMID32423960
PMCPMC7526806
OpenAlexW3028044567

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