Synergistic effects of heavy metals and pesticides in living systems

N Singh, VK Gupta, A Kumar, B Sharma - Frontiers in chemistry, 2017 - frontiersin.org
There is a widespread repeated exposure of the population to the pesticides and heavy
metals of occupational and environmental origin. Such population is forced to undergo …

Chemotherapy of schistosomiasis: present and future

CR Caffrey - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease in tropical and subtropical regions and is
associated with a variety of clinical syndromes that may lead to severe morbidity. Over the …

A Systematically Improved High Quality Genome and Transcriptome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

AV Protasio, IJ Tsai, A Babbage, S Nichol… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases, affecting millions of people
in develo** countries. Amongst the human-infective species, Schistosoma mansoni is also …

Identification of oxadiazoles as new drug leads for the control of schistosomiasis

AA Sayed, A Simeonov, CJ Thomas, J Inglese… - Nature medicine, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment for schistosomiasis, which is responsible for more than 280,000 deaths
annually, depends almost exclusively on praziquantel. Millions of people are treated …

Proteomic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni egg secretions

CL Cass, JR Johnson, LL Califf, T Xu… - Molecular and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Schistosomiasis remains a largely neglected, global health problem. The morbid pathology
of the disease stems from the host's inflammatory response to parasite eggs trapped in host …

Tuning of peroxiredoxin catalysis for various physiological roles

A Perkins, LB Poole, PA Karplus - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) make up an ancient family of enzymes that are the predominant
peroxidases for nearly all organisms and play essential roles in reducing hydrogen …

Immunological and biochemical interplay between cytokines, oxidative stress and schistosomiasis

P Masamba, AP Kappo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The host–parasite schistosome relationship relies heavily on the interplay between the
strategies imposed by the schistosome worm and the defense mechanisms the host uses to …

Repurposing auranofin as a lead candidate for treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

CA Bulman, CM Bidlow, S Lustigman… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Two major human diseases caused by filariid nematodes are onchocerciasis, or river
blindness, and lymphatic filariasis, which can lead to elephantiasis. The drugs ivermectin …

Schistosoma genomics: new perspectives on schistosome biology and host-parasite interaction

ZG Han, PJ Brindley, SY Wang… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Schistosomiasis, caused mainly by Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni, and S.
hematobium, remains one of the most prevalent and serious parasitic diseases worldwide …

Moonlighting by different stressors: crystal structure of the chaperone species of a 2-Cys peroxiredoxin

F Saccoccia, P Di Micco, G Boumis, M Brunori, I Koutris… - Structure, 2012 - cell.com
Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) play two different roles depending on the physiological status of
the cell. They are thioredoxin-dependent peroxidases under low oxidative stress and ATP …