Association between myocarditis and antipsychotics other than clozapine: a systematic literature review and a pharmacovigilance study using VigiBase

C De Las Cuevas, EJ Sanz, C Rohde… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Pharmacovigilance studies have definitely established that clozapine can cause
myocarditis. Two published reviews suggested that on rare occasions other antipsychotics …

Monotherapy and combination chemotherapy for Chagas disease treatment: A systematic review of clinical efficacy and safety based on randomized controlled trials

SS Nogueira, EC Santos, RO Silva, RV Gonçalves… - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
From a systematic review framework, we analysed the clinical evidence on the effectiveness
and safety of monotherapy and combination chemotherapy for Chagas disease (ChD) …

Eugenol reduces serum testosterone levels and sperm viability in adult Wistar rats

RPR Carvalho, GD de Almeida Lima, FCD Ribeiro… - Reproductive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Eugenol is the main constituent of clove extract. It is a remarkably versatile molecule
incorporated as a functional ingredient in several food products and widely applied in the …

Pharmacological potential of new metronidazole/eugenol/dihydroeugenol hybrids against Trypanosoma cruzi in vitro and in vivo

E Gonçalves-Santos, IS Caldas, VÂ Fernandes… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims From well-delimited immunomodulatory, redox and antimicrobial properties;
metronidazole and eugenol were used as structural platforms to assembly two new …

Preclinical study of methotrexate-based hydrogels versus surfactant based liquid crystal systems on psoriasis treatment

MTCP Bernardes, SBN Agostini, GR Pereira… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is an autoimmune, inflammatory and chronic skin disease in which cell growth and
proliferation are increased, causing erythema, lesions and skin's peeling. Oral methotrexate …

Oxidative stress, cardiomyocytes premature senescence and contractile dysfunction in in vitro and in vivo experimental models of Chagas disease

SS Nogueira, MA Souza, EC Santos, IS Caldas… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims The relationship between redox imbalance and cardiovascular senescence in
infectious myocarditis is unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether …

[HTML][HTML] 4-nitrobenzoylcoumarin potentiates the antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects of benznidazole in a murine model of acute Trypanosoma …

DF Vilas-Boas, RRG Oliveira, E Gonçalves-Santos… - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
The anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective potential of coumarin metabolites in infectious
myocarditis remains overlooked. Thus, the impact of the synthetic 4-nitrobenzoylcoumarin …

Chronic rapamycin pretreatment modulates arginase/inducible nitric oxide synthase balance attenuating aging-dependent susceptibility to Trypanosoma cruzi …

M Pereira-Santos, E Gonçalves-Santos… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the efficacy of rapamycin in increasing lifespan and healthspan, attenuating the
aging-dependent immunological decline, we compared the evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi …

Identification of host antioxidant effectors as thioridazine targets: Impact on cardiomyocytes infection and Trypanosoma cruzi-induced acute myocarditis

ELBC Domingues, E Gonçalves-Santos… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phenothiazines inhibit antioxidant enzymes in trypanosomatids. However, potential
interferences with host cell antioxidant defenses are central concerns in using these drugs to …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of diminazene aceturate on renin-angiotensin system, infectious myocarditis and skeletal myositis in mice: An in vitro and in vivo study

TG Souza-Silva, DF Vilas-Boas, E Gonçalves-Santos… - Life Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Although renin-angiotensin system (RAS) imbalance is manifested in cardiomyopathies with
different etiologies, the impact of RAS effectors on Chagas cardiomyopathy and skeletal …