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Direct detection by the xpert MTB/RIF assay and characterization of multi and poly drug- resistant tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

  • Autores: Armada A, Colombatti R, Gomes VF, Machado D, Mane M, Martins E, Ponce G, Rabna P, Ramos J, Sanca L, Vieira F
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0127536%20

This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the rapid direct detection of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains and rifampicin resistance associated mutations in a resource-limited setting such as Guinea-Bissau and its implications in the management of tuberculosis (TB) and drug resistant tuberculosis, complementing the scarce information on resistance and […]
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The role of efflux pumps in Schistosoma mansoni Praziquantel resistant phenotype

  • Autores: Afonso A, Armada A, Belo S, Carrilho E, Mendes T, Pinto-Almeida A, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0140147%20

Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease caused by a trematode of the genus Schistosoma that is second only to malaria in public health significance in Africa, South America, and Asia. Praziquantel (PZQ) is the drug of choice to treat this disease due to its high cure rates and no significant side effects. However, in the last […]
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Fluorimetric methods for analysis of permeability, drug transport kinetics, and inhibition of the ABCB1 membrane transporter

  • Autores: Amaral L, Armada A, Martins C, Molnar J, Rodrigues AS, Spengler G, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: Cancer Drug Resistance
  • Link: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-3347-1_7%20

The cell membrane P-glycoprotein (P-gp; MDR1, ABCB1) is an energy-dependent efflux pump that belongs to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family of transporters, and has been associated with drug resistance in eukaryotic cells. Multidrug resistance (MDR) is related to an increased expression and function of the ABCB1 (P-gp) efflux pump that often causes chemotherapeutic failure in […]
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Inhibition of quorum sensing and efflux pump system by trifluoromethyl ketone proton pump inhibitors.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Armada A, Cerca P, Kawase M, Mior Ahmad Subki MA, Molnar J, Motohashi N, Savka MA, Szegedi E, Varga ZG
  • Journal: In vivo
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Inhibition+of+Quorum+Sensing+and+Efflux+Pump+System+by+Trifluoromethyl+Ketone+Proton+Pump+Inhibitors

BACKGROUND:
One major microbiological problem is the widespread antibiotic resistance. There is an urgent need for new antibiotics and ways to treat multi-drug-resistant infections. Inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing (QS) systems could be an effective alternative in a smuch as they regulate a broad spectrum of cell functions, including, virulence factor production, biofilm organisation and motility. Influx and efflux bacterial systems involved in quorum sensing (QS) are known to depend on the proton motive force (PMF). Thus, a new series of 12 trifluoromethyl ketones (TFs) known to inhibit the PMF, was investigated for effects on the efflux pump of a QS responding bacterium, for its subsequent effect on the response to a QS signal and its direct inhibition of the response to a QS signal.
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Activity of fourteen new hydantoin compounds on the human ABCB1 efflux pump.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Armada A, Dymek A, Handzlik J, Kiec-Kononowicz K, Martins A, Molnar J, Spengler G
  • Journal: In vivo
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Activity+of+Fourteen+New+Hydantoin+Compounds+on+the+Human+ABCB1+Efflux+Pump

BACKGROUND:
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major concerns in the treatment of cancer and one of the major causes of therapy failure. The overexpression of an ABC transporter, the ABCB1, is often associated with MDR in cancer. Previously it was observed that hydantoin compounds can modulate the activity of the ABCB1 pump.
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