Un análogo de kalihinol interrumpe la función de los apicoplastos y el tráfico vesicular de P. Falciparum y malaria

Z Chahine1, S Abel1, T Hollin1

  • 1Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 26, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

Un nuevo compuesto, MED6-189, muestra una potente actividad antimalárica contra las cepas de Plasmodium falciparum resistentes a los medicamentos. Este nuevo medicamento se dirige a la biogénesis lipídica y al tráfico celular, ofreciendo una adición prometedora a la tubería de tratamiento de la malaria.

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