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ArticleScientific reports2023

Glycerol biosynthetic pathway plays an essential role in proliferation and antioxidative defense in the human enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

Ghulam Jeelani, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Afzal Husain, Tomoyoshi Nozaki

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. 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
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ghulam JeelaniDepartment of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Emmanuel Oluwadare BalogunDepartment of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Afzal HusainDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Tomoyoshi NozakiDepartment of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. nozaki@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
The University of Tokyo · JPAligarh Muslim University · IN

Funding

Multi-target approach to rational design of novel therapeutics for human African trypanosomiasisK43TW012015 · FIC · AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY · PI BALOGUN, EMMANUEL OLUWADARE · 2021 to 2025
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FIC NIH HHS K43 TW012015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Treatment options other than metronidazole and its derivatives are few, and their low efficacy against asymptomatic cyst carriers, and experimental evidence of resistance in vitro justify the discovery/repurposing campaign for new drugs against amebiasis. Global metabolic responses to oxidative stress and cysteine deprivation by E. histolytica revealed glycerol metabolism may represent a rational target for drug development. In this study using

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AmebiasisEntamoeba histolyticaParasitesAnimalsAntioxidantsBiosynthetic PathwaysCell ProliferationGlycerolGlycerol KinaseHumansAntioxidantsGlycerolGlycerol Kinase

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PMID37669981
PMCPMC10480196
OpenAlexW4386441038

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