Screening strategies to identify new chemical diversity for drug development to treat kinetoplastid infections
Screening strategies to identify new chemical diversity for drug development to treat kinetoplastid infections
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DOI:
10.1017/s003118201300142x
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发表时间:
2014-01-01
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2.4
通讯作者:
Ioset, Jean-Robert
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作者:
Don, Rob;Ioset, Jean-Robert
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has defined and implemented an early discovery strategy over the last few years, in fitting with its virtual R&D business model. This strategy relies on a medium- to high-throughput phenotypic assay platform to expedite the screening of compound libraries accessed through its collaborations with partners from the pharmaceutical industry. We review the pragmatic approaches used to select compound libraries for screening against kinetoplastids, taking into account screening capacity. The advantages, limitations and current achievements in identifying new quality series for further development into preclinical candidates are critically discussed, together with attractive new approaches currently under investigation.