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Simone Michelan-Duarte

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da Silva Oliveira D, Sousa Silva N, Jacques Dit Lapierre T, de Souza S, Ferreira Brito N, Cassiano Martinho A, et al.
Chem Biodivers . 2024 Sep; 22(2):e202402100. PMID: 39327235
Microorganisms can induce diseases with significant clinical implications for human health. Multidrug-resistant microorganisms have been on the rise worldwide over the past few decades, and no new antibiotics have been...
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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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Jacques Dit Lapierre T, Nascimento Farago D, Cruz M, Resende D, de Oliveira A, Dos Santos B, et al.
Chem Biol Drug Des . 2024 Apr; 103(4):e14525. PMID: 38627214
An early exploration of the benzothiazole class against two kinetoplastid parasites, Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi, has been performed after the identification of a benzothiazole derivative as a suitable antileishmanial...
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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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Pauli I, Rezende Jr C, Slafer B, Dessoy M, de Souza M, Ferreira L, et al.
Front Pharmacol . 2022 Jan; 12:774069. PMID: 35069198
Cruzain, the main cysteine protease of , plays key roles in all stages of the parasite's life cycle, including nutrition acquisition, differentiation, evasion of the host immune system, and invasion...
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S de Oliveira A, S Mello L, H Ogihara C, Doring T, Palomino-Salcedo D, Michelan-Duarte S, et al.
Future Med Chem . 2021 Oct; 13(24):2167-2183. PMID: 34708659
Schiff bases are synthetically accessible compounds that have been used in medicinal chemistry. In this work, 27 Schiff bases derived from diaminomaleonitrile were synthesized in high yields (80-98%). Molecular docking...
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Koovits P, Dessoy M, Matheeussen A, Maes L, Caljon G, Ferreira L, et al.
RSC Med Chem . 2021 Jun; 11(11):1267-1274. PMID: 34085041
A series of benzene sulphonamides with good potency and selectivity against spp. intracellular amastigotes was identified by high-throughput screening. Approximately 200 compounds were synthesized as part of a hit-to-lead optimization...
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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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Murakami M, Michelan-Duarte S, Cintra A, Arni R
Biochim Biophys Acta . 2004 Dec; 1703(1):79-81. PMID: 15588705
Snake venom PLA(2)s have been extensively studied due to their role in mediating and disrupting physiological processes such as coagulation, platelet aggregation and myotoxicity. The Ca(2+) ion bound to the...