Multi-target-directed ligands as innovative tools to combat trypanosomatid diseases.

Abstract:

:Of the tropical diseases, trypanosomiases and leishmaniases should most concern the pharmaceutical community because of their high prevalence in developing countries and the lack of effective drug treatments. Despite this, they have not historically received much attention in terms of investment and research effort, nor do they now. In very recent years, thanks to the involvement of several nonprofit organizations, the chemotherapeutic options have expanded with the introduction of the first combination therapy. The optimal efficacy and safety of nifurtimox-eflornithine combination against second-stage human African trypanosomiasis is an encouraging first step towards simpler and more affordable therapies. Along the same line, I propose that single chemical entities able to modulate more than one target may prove more efficacious and tolerable than the available arsenal of drugs. Herein, I discuss the pros and cons of this approach, together with examples taken from the recent literature.

journal_name

Curr Top Med Chem

authors

Bolognesi ML

doi

10.2174/156802611798184391

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2824-33

issue

22

eissn

1568-0266

issn

1873-4294

pii

BSP/CTMC/E-Pub/000148

journal_volume

11

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