Opportunistic Infections  Citation List: 

July 8, 2009 – July  21, 2009

Opportunistic protozoa (including pneumocystis, cryptosporidium, toxoplasma, microsporidia [encephalitozoon, enterocytozoon, vittaforma])

1.  Synthesis and Evaluation of 4-Acyl-2-thiazolylhydrazone Derivatives for Anti-Toxoplasma Efficacy in Vitro.

Chimenti F, Bizzarri B, Bolasco A, Secci D, Chimenti P, Carradori S, Granese A, Rivanera D, Frishberg N, Bordón C, Jones-Brando L.

J Med Chem. 2009 Jul 20. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 19618935 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Opportunistic Fungi (Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Candida, Histoplasma)

2. In vitro biological activity and structural analysis of 2,4-diamino-5-(2'-arylpropargyl)pyrimidine inhibitors of Candida albicans.

Paulsen JL, Liu J, Bolstad DB, Smith AE, Priestley ND, Wright DL, Anderson AC.

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Jul 15;17(14):4866-72. Epub 2009 Jun 17.

PMID: 19560363 [PubMed - in process]

3. Chemical Genetic Profiling and Characterization of Small-molecule Compounds That Affect the Biosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Candida albicans.

Xu D, Sillaots S, Davison J, Hu W, Jiang B, Kauffman S, Martel N, Ocampo P, Oh C, Trosok S, Veillette K, Wang H, Yang M, Zhang L, Becker J, Martin CE, Roemer T.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 17;284(29):19754-64. Epub 2009 Jun 1.

PMID: 19487691 [PubMed - in process]

TB (Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium, Avium, Drug Resistant, MAC, MDR)

4. S-Adenosyl-N-decyl-aminoethyl, a Potent Bisubstrate Inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycolic Acid Methyltransferases.

Vaubourgeix J, Bardou F, Boissier F, Julien S, Constant P, Ploux O, Daffé M, Quémard A, Mourey L.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 17;284(29):19321-30. Epub 2009 May 13.

PMID: 19439410 [PubMed - in process]

Antimicrobials, Antifungals (General)

5. Design of potent 9-mer antimicrobial peptide analogs of protaetiamycine and investigation of mechanism of antimicrobial action.

Shin S, Kim JK, Lee JY, Jung KW, Hwang JS, Lee J, Lee DG, Kim I, Shin SY, Kim Y.

J Pept Sci. 2009 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 19598182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Citations from the ISI Web of  Knowledge Listings for  O.I.

6. Stavri, M., et al.

Antibacterial Diterpenes from Plectranthus ernstii
JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS  2009 ( June) 72: 1191 – 1194

7. Mann, S., et al.

Inhibition of 7,8-diaminopelargonic acid aminotransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by chiral and achiral anologs of its substrate: Biological implications
BIOCHIMIE  2009 (July) 91: 826 – 834