A journey through 50 years of research relevant to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminant livestock and thoughts on future directions

JS Gilleard, AC Kotze, D Leathwick, AJ Nisbet… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review article provides an historical perspective on some of the major research
advances of relevance to ruminant livestock gastrointestinal nematode control over the last …

[HTML][HTML] Heartworm disease–Overview, intervention, and industry perspective

S Noack, J Harrington, DS Carithers… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm, is a major parasitic threat for dogs and cats
around the world. Because of its impact on the health and welfare of companion animals …

Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance

SR Doyle, R Laing, D Bartley, A Morrison, N Holroyd… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Like other pathogens, parasitic helminths can rapidly evolve resistance to drug treatment.
Understanding the genetic basis of anthelmintic drug resistance in parasitic nematodes is …

Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm

SR Doyle, A Tracey, R Laing, N Holroyd… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Haemonchus contortus is a globally distributed and economically important gastrointestinal
pathogen of small ruminants and has become a key nematode model for studying …

Natural products are a promising source for anthelmintic drug discovery

KLTD Jayawardene, EA Palombo, PR Boag - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parasitic nematodes infect almost all forms of life. In the human context, parasites are one of
the major causative factors for physical and intellectual growth retardation in the develo** …

Progress towards a public chemogenomic set for protein kinases and a call for contributions

DH Drewry, CI Wells, DM Andrews, R Angell, H Al-Ali… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Protein kinases are highly tractable targets for drug discovery. However, the biological
function and therapeutic potential of the majority of the 500+ human protein kinases remains …

Anthelmintics in the future: current trends in the discovery and development of new drugs against gastrointestinal nematodes

M Zajíčková, LT Nguyen, L Skálová, LR Stuchlíková… - Drug Discovery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Gastrointestinal nematodes are resistant to available anthelmintics.•No new
anthelmintic on the market for several years.•A target-based approach, drug repurposing or …

High-Throughput Phenotypic Assay to Screen for Anthelmintic Activity on Haemonchus contortus

AC Taki, JJ Byrne, T Wang, BE Sleebs, N Nguyen… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parasitic worms cause very significant diseases in animals and humans worldwide, and
their control is critical to enhance health, well-being and productivity. Due to widespread …

Sertraline, paroxetine, and chlorpromazine are rapidly acting anthelmintic drugs capable of clinical repurposing

JC Weeks, WM Roberts, C Leasure, BM Suzuki… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Parasitic helminths infect over 1 billion people worldwide, while current treatments rely on a
limited arsenal of drugs. To expedite drug discovery, we screened a small-molecule library …

[HTML][HTML] An automated high-throughput system for phenotypic screening of chemical libraries on C. elegans and parasitic nematodes

FA Partridge, AE Brown, SD Buckingham… - International Journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Parasitic nematodes infect hundreds of millions of people and farmed livestock. Further,
plant parasitic nematodes result in major crop damage. The pipeline of therapeutic …