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Luiz Carlos Dias

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Espinoza-Chavez R, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, De Souza M, Consolin Chelucci R, Michelan-Duarte S, Krogh R, et al.
ChemMedChem . 2024 Jun; 19(20):e202400293. PMID: 38924252
This study introduces further insights from the hit-to-lead optimization process involving a series of benzimidazole derivatives acting as inhibitors of the cruzain enzyme, which targets Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative parasite...
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Espinoza-Chavez R, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, De Souza M, Pauli I, Valli M, Gomes Ferreira L, et al.
Future Med Chem . 2024 Jan; 16(3):253-269. PMID: 38193294
Chagas disease is caused by the parasite , and the lack of effective and safe treatments makes identifying new classes of compounds with anti- activity of paramount importance. Hit-to-lead exploration...
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de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, Martinez P, Ferreira R, Koovits P, Miranda Soares B, Ferreira L, et al.
Eur J Med Chem . 2022 Dec; 246:114925. PMID: 36459758
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Because current treatments present several limitations, including long duration, variable efficacy and serious side effects, there is an urgent...
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Pinto Braga S, Correa Santos V, Vieira R, Barbosa da Silva E, Monti L, Krake S, et al.
Eur J Med Chem . 2022 Nov; 244:114876. PMID: 36343429
Chagas disease is a major public health problem caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, with an estimated 6-7 million people infected and 70 million at risk of infection. T. brucei gambiense and...
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Medeiros A, Ferreira L, de Souza M, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, Espinoza-Chavez R, Carlos Dias L, et al.
Biomolecules . 2021 Apr; 11(4). PMID: 33920961
Natural products based on imidazole scaffolds have inspired the discovery of a wide variety of bioactive compounds. Herein, a series of imidazoles that act as competitive and potent cruzain inhibitors...
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Ferreira R, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, Martinez P, Koovits P, Miranda Soares B, Ferreira L, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2021 Feb; 15(2):e0009196. PMID: 33617566
Leishmaniasis is a major infectious disease with hundreds of thousands of new cases and over 20,000 deaths each year. The current drugs to treat this life-threatening infection have several drawbacks...
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de Souza M, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, Ferreira R, Espinoza Chavez R, Ferreira L, Slafer B, et al.
J Chem Inf Model . 2019 Nov; 60(2):1028-1041. PMID: 31765144
A virtual screening conducted with nearly 4 000 000 compounds from lead-like and fragment-like subsets enabled the identification of a small-molecule inhibitor () of the cruzain enzyme, a validated drug...
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Pereira de SantAna D, de Oliveira Rezende Junior C, Campagne J, Carlos Dias L, Marcia de Figueiredo R
J Org Chem . 2019 Sep; 84(19):12344-12357. PMID: 31480837
The studies culminating in the synthesis of two large subunits of tautomycetin are described. The first one, fragment C1-C12 that has an -1,3-dimethyl system and a terminal diene unit, was...
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Fernandes A, Leonarczyk I, Ferreira M, Carlos Dias L
Org Biomol Chem . 2019 Mar; 17(12):3167-3180. PMID: 30838365
In this work, using DFT calculations, we investigated the 1,4 and 1,5 asymmetric induction in boron enolate aldol reactions of α-alkoxy and α,β-bisalkoxy methyl ketones. We evaluated the steric influence...
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Krake S, Martinez P, McLaren J, Ryan E, Chen G, White K, et al.
Eur J Med Chem . 2016 Dec; 126:929-936. PMID: 28002775
Phenotypic HTS campaigns with a blood stage malaria assay have been used to discover novel chemotypes for malaria treatment with potential alternative mechanisms of action compared to existing agents. N-(5-(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)furan-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine,...