| Journal: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000452425 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Authors: | Soeiro, Maria de Nazaré Correia1 |
| Institutions: | 1Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Volumen: | 117 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, prospectivo |
| English abstract | Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects more than 6 million people mostly in poor areas of Latin America. CD has two phases: an acute, short phase mainly oligosymptomatic followed to the chronic phase, a long-lasting stage that may trigger cardiac and/or digestive disorders and death. Only two old drugs are available and both present low efficacy in the chronic stage, display side effects and are inactive against parasite strains naturally resistant to these nitroderivatives. These shortcomings justify the search for novel therapeutic options considering the target product profile for CD that will be presently reviewed besides briefly revisiting the data on phosphodiesterase inhibitors upon T. cruzi |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Parasitología, Farmacología, Enfermedad de Chagas, Desarrollo de fármacos, Inhibidores enzimáticos, Fosfodiesterasa, Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Keyword: | Parasitology, Pharmacology, Chagas disease, Drug development, Enzyme inhibitors, Phosphodiesterase, Trypanosoma cruzi |
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