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Tanos C C Franca

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Bernardo L, Vieira L, Borges C, Buitrago P, Kuca K, Franca T, et al.
Arch Toxicol . 2025 Mar; PMID: 40035846
Recent events involving nerve agents of the A-Series, a once elusive class of chemical warfare agents, have provoked a great concern in the international community. In this paper, continuing our...
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Chrienova Z, Rysanek D, Novak J, Vasicova P, Oleksak P, Andrys R, et al.
Biomed Pharmacother . 2025 Feb; 184:117883. PMID: 39924415
No abstract available.
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Franca T, Saidi F, Ajamian A, Islam S, LaPlante S
ACS Omega . 2024 Mar; 9(11):13217-13226. PMID: 38524450
Recent advances in iterative neural network analyses (e.g., AlphaFold2 and RoseTTA fold) have been revolutionary for protein 3D structure prediction, especially for difficult-to-manipulate α-helical/β-barrel integral membrane proteins. These model structures...
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LaPlante S, Coric P, Bouaziz S, Franca T
Microbes Infect . 2024 Jan; 26(7):105297. PMID: 38199267
Small molecule drugs have an important role to play in combating viral infections, and biophysics support has been central for contributing to the discovery and design of direct acting antivirals....
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Kapitanov I, Spulak M, Pour M, Soukup O, Marek J, Jun D, et al.
Chem Biol Interact . 2023 Oct; 385:110735. PMID: 37802409
We report a green chemistry approach for preparation of oxime-functionalized ILs as AChE reactivators: amide/ester linked IL, l-alanine, and l-phenylalanine derived salts bearing pyridinium aldoxime moiety. The reactivation capacities of...
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Chrienova Z, Rysanek D, Novak J, Vasicova P, Oleksak P, Andrys R, et al.
Biomed Pharmacother . 2023 Oct; 167:115600. PMID: 37783152
Frentizole is immunosuppressive drug with low acute toxicity and lifespan-prolonging effect. Recently, frentizole´s potential to disrupt toxic amyloid β (Aβ) - Aβ-binding alcohol dehydrogenase (ABAD) interaction in mitochondria in Alzheimer´s...
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Kitagawa D, Dos Santos M, Kuca K, Franca T, Cavalcante S
Chem Biol Interact . 2023 Aug; 383:110678. PMID: 37595776
Nerve agents (NA) pose as a great risk in the modern world. NA from the V-series, such as VX, are currently recognized as the most toxic among those compounds. However,...
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Franca T, da Silva Goncalves A, Berube C, Voyer N, Aubry N, LaPlante S
ACS Omega . 2023 Jul; 8(29):25832-25838. PMID: 37521620
Macrocyclic peptidomimetics have been seriously contributing to our arsenal of drugs to combat diseases. The search for nature's discoveries led us to mortiamides A-D (found in a novel fungus from...
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Ali Z, Cardoza J, Basak S, Narsaria U, Bhattacharjee S, G U, et al.
Appl Biochem Biotechnol . 2023 Jul; 196(4):2137-2160. PMID: 37479961
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF) caused by Machupo virus (MACV) is a New World arenavirus having a reported mortality rate of 25-35%. The BHF starts with fever, followed by headache, and...
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Vieira L, Almeida J, de Koning M, LaPlante S, Borges Jr I, Franca T
Chem Biol Interact . 2023 Jul; 382:110622. PMID: 37442286
The A-series is the most recent generation of chemical warfare nerve agents (CWA) which act directly on the inhibition of the human acetylcholinesterase (HssAChE) enzyme. These compounds lack accurate experimental...