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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Octaarginine Improves the Efficacy of Nitazoxanide against

Tran Nguyen-Ho-Bao, Lum A Ambe, Maxi Berberich, Carlos Hermosilla, Anja Taubert, Arwid Daugschies, Faustin Kamena

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Tran Nguyen-Ho-BaoCentre for Infectious Medicine, Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8933-6349
Lum A AmbeLaboratory for Molecular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea P.O. Box 63, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0002-9695-7645
Maxi BerberichCentre for Infectious Medicine, Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Carlos HermosillaBiomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Institute of Parasitology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4550-8492
Anja TaubertBiomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Institute of Parasitology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Arwid DaugschiesCentre for Infectious Medicine, Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Faustin KamenaCentre for Infectious Medicine, Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DELeipzig University · DEUniversity of Buea · CMCan Tho University · VN

Funding

Doctoral scholarship of the vietnamese Governement Project 911German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) grant 01DG20023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidiosis is an intestinal disease that affects a variety of hosts including animals and humans. Since no vaccines exist against the disease till date, drug treatment is the mainstay of disease control. Nitazoxanide (NTZ) is the only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of human cryptosporidiosis. However, its efficacy in immunocompromised people such as those with AIDS, in malnourished children, or those with concomitant cryptosporidiosis is limited. In the absence of effective drugs against cryptosporidiosis, improving the efficacy of existing drugs may offer an attractive alternative. In the present work, we have assessed the potential of the cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) octaarginine (R8) to increase the uptake of NTZ. Octaarginine (R8) was synthetically attached to NTZ in an enzymatically releasable manner and used to inhibit growth of

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Cryptosporidiumnitazoxanideoctaarginine

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PMCPMC9227457
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