Publications

Biendl S, Häberli C, Chen G, Wang W, Zhong L, Saunders J, Pham T, Wang X, Wu J, Charman S.A, Vennerstrom J.L, Keiser J. In vitro and in vivo antischistosomal activity profiling and pharmacokinetics of ozonide carboxylic acids. ACS Infect Dis. 2023(in press). DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00581

Coulibaly J.T, Silue K.D, Armstrong M, Díaz de León Derby M, D'Ambrosio M.V, Fletcher D.A, Keiser J, Fisher K, Andrews J.R, Bogoch I.I. High sensitivity of mobile phone microscopy screening for Schistosoma haematobium in Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;108(1):41-43. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0527

Hürlimann E, Hofmann D, Keiser J. Ivermectin and moxidectin against soil-transmitted helminth infections. Trends Parasitol. 2023(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.01.009

Noce B, Di Bello E, Zwergel C, Fioravanti R, Valente S, Rotili D, Masotti A, Ansari M.S.Z, Trisciuoglio D, Chakrabarti A, Romier C, Robaa D, Sippl W, Jung M, Häberli C, Keiser J, Mai A. Chemically diverse S. mansoni HDAC8 inhibitors reduced viability in worm larval and adult stages. ChemMedChem. 2023;18(3):e202200510. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200510

Angeli A, Ferraroni M, Carta F, Häberli C, Keiser J, Costantino G, Supuran C.T. Development of praziquantel sulphonamide derivatives as antischistosomal drugs. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2022;37(1):1479-1494. DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2078970

Biendl S, Häberli C, Keiser J. Discovery of novel antischistosomal scaffolds from the open access Pandemic Response Box. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2022;20(4):621-629. DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2022.1990042

Cantara A, Luo Y, Dobrovolna M, Bohalova N, Fojta M, Verga D, Guittat L, Cucchiarini A, Savrimoutou S, Häberli C, Guillon J, Keiser J, Brazda V, Mergny J.L. G-quadruplexes in helminth parasites. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022;50(5):2719-2735. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac129

Coulibaly J.T, Hürlimann E, Patel C, Silué D.K, Avenié D.J, Kouamé N.A, Silué U.M, Keiser J. Optimizing implementation of preventive chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminthiasis and intestinal schistosomiasis using high-resolution data: field-based experiences from Côte d'Ivoire. Diseases. 2022;10(4):66. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040066

Di Bello E, Noce B, Fioravanti R, Zwergel C, Valente S, Rotili D, Fianco G, Trisciuoglio D, Mourão M.M, Sales P. Jr, Lamotte S, Prina E, Späth G.F, Häberli C, Keiser J, Mai A. Effects of structurally different HDAC inhibitors against Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania, and Schistosoma mansoni. ACS Infect Dis. 2022;8(7):1356-1366. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00232

Dube M, Llanes D, Saoud M, Rennert R, Imming P, Häberli C, Keiser J, Arnold N. Albatrellus confluens (Alb. & Schwein.) Kotl. & Pouz.: natural fungal compounds and synthetic derivatives with in vitro anthelmintic activities and antiproliferative effects against two human cancer cell lines. Molecules. 2022;27(9):2950. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092950

Dube M, Raphane B, Sethebe B, Seputhe N, Tiroyakgosi T, Imming P, Häberli C, Keiser J, Arnold N, Andrae-Marobela K. Medicinal plant preparations administered by Botswana traditional health practitioners for treatment of worm infections show anthelmintic activities. Plants (Basel). 2022;11(21):2945. DOI: 10.3390/plants11212945

Falcoz C, Guzy S, Kovač J, Meister I, Coulibaly J, Sayasone S, Wesche D, Lin Y.W, Keiser J. R-praziquantel integrated population pharmacokinetics in preschool- and school-aged African children infected with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium and Lao adults infected with Opisthorchis viverrini. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2022;49(3):293-310. DOI: 10.1007/s10928-021-09791-8

Falcoz C, Guzy S, Kovac J, Meister I, Coulibaly J, Sayasone S, Wesche D, Lin Y.W, Keiser J. Correction to: R-praziquantel integrated population pharmacokinetics in preschool- and school-aged African children infected with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium and Lao adults infected with Opisthorchis viverrini. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2022;49(3):395. DOI: 10.1007/s10928-022-09807-x

Grolimund C.M, Bärenbold O, Utzinger J, Keiser J, Vounatsou P. Modeling the effect of different drugs and treatment regimen for hookworm on cure and egg reduction rates taking into account diagnostic error. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(10):e0010810. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010810

Hamway Y, Zimmermann K, Blommers M.J.J, Sousa M, Häberli C, Kulkarni S, Skalicky S, Hackl M, Götte M, Keiser J, da Costa C.P, Spangenberg T, Azzaoui K. Modulation of host-parasite interactions with small molecules targeting Schistosoma mansoni microRNAs. ACS Infect Dis. 2022;8:2028−2034. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00360

Harrington S, Knox J.J, Burns A.R, Choo K.L, Au A, Kitner M, Häberli C, Pyche J, D'Amata C, Kim Y.H, Volpatti J.R, Guiliani M, Snider J, Wong V, Palmeira B.M, Redman E.M, Vaidya A.S, Gilleard J.S, Stagljar I, Cutler S.R, Kulke D, Dowling J.J, Yip C.M, Keiser J, Zasada I, Lautens M, Roy P.J. Egg-laying and locomotory screens with C. elegans yield a nematode-selective small molecule stimulator of neurotransmitter release. Commun Biol. 2022;5:865. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03819-6

Hassan M.M, Sedighi A, Olaoye O.O, Häberli C, Merz A, Ramos-Morales E, de Araujo E.D, Romier C, Jung M, Keiser J, Gunning P.T. Phenotypic screening of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors against Schistosoma mansoni. ChemMedChem. 2022:e202100622. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100622

Herath H.M.P.D, Taki A.C, Rostami A, Jabbar A, Keiser J, Geary T.G, Gasser R.B. Whole-organism phenotypic screening methods used in early-phase anthelmintic drug discovery. Biotechnol Adv. 2022;57:107937. DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107937

Hofmann D, Brussee J.M, Schulz J.D, Coulibaly J.T, Pfister M, Keiser J. Pharmacokinetic modelling and simulation to optimize albendazole dosing in hookworm- or Trichuris trichiura-infected infants to adults. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022;77(4):1082-1093. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac020

Hofmann D, Smit C, Sayasone S, Pfister M, Keiser J. Optimizing moxidectin dosing for Strongyloides stercoralis infections: insights from pharmacometric modeling. Clin Transl Sci. 2022;15(3):700-708. DOI: 10.1111/cts.13189

Hürlimann E, Keller L, Patel C, Welsche S, Hattendorf J, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Sayasone S, Coulibaly J.T, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin and albendazole in school-aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura in Côte d'Ivoire, Laos, and Pemba Island, Tanzania: a double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3, randomised control. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(1):123-135. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00421-7

Kersting L, Kuhn L, Anokhin M, Schuster F, Häberli C, Sambyal S, Kumar H.M.S, Keiser J, Alabugin I, Tsogoeva S.B. Visible-light-driven metal-free C-H functionalization: access to new bioactive tetrahydroisoquinoline-butenolide hybrids via domino amine oxidation/vinylogous Mannich reaction. ChemPhotoChem. 2022;6(8):e202200109. DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202200109

Mrimi E.C, Palmeirim M.S, Minja E.G, Long K.Z, Keiser J. Malnutrition, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and parasitic infections among schoolchildren in rural Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(3):e0010261. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010261

Olliaro P.L, Vaillant M.T, Diawara A, Speich B, Albonico M, Utzinger J, Keiser J. Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(8):e0010593. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010593

Probst A, Biendl S, Keiser J. Improving translational power in antischistosomal drug discovery. Adv Parasitol. 2022;117:47-73. DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2022.05.002

Probst A, Hofmann D, Fedorova O.S, Mazeina S.V, Sokolova T.S, Golovach E, Keiser J. Pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of praziquantel in adults infected with Opisthorchis felineus in Western Siberia, Russian Federation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022;66(10):e00526-22. DOI: 10.1128/aac.00526-22

Qian M.B, Patel C, Palmeirim M.S, Wang X, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Zhou X.N, Keiser J. Efficacy of drugs against clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Microbe. 2022;3(8):e616-e624. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00026-X

Ravaynia P.S, Biendl S, Grassi F, Keiser J, Hierlemann A, Modena M.M. Real-time and automated monitoring of antischistosomal drug activity profiles for screening of compound libraries. iScience. 2022;25(4):104087. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104087

Ren R, Wang X, Leas D.A, Häberli C, Cal M, Dong Y, Kaiser M, Keiser J, Vennerstrom J.L. Antischistosomal tetrahydro-γ-carboline sulfonamides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2022;59:128546. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128546

Schneeberger P.H.H, Gueuning M, Welsche S, Hürlimann E, Dommann J, Häberli C, Frey J.E, Sayasone S, Keiser J. Different gut microbial communities correlate with efficacy of albendazole-ivermectin against soil-transmitted helminthiases. Nat Commun. 2022;13:1063. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28658-1

Smit C, Hofmann D, Sayasone S, Keiser J, Pfister M. Characterization of the population pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in adults infected with Strongyloides stercoralis: support for a fixed-dose treatment regimen. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2022;61:123-132. DOI: 10.1007/s40262-021-01048-4

Specht S, Keiser J. Helminth infections: enabling the World Health Organization road map. Int J Parasitol. 2022(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.10.006

Taki A.C, Wang T, Nguyen N.N, Ang C.S, Leeming M.G, Nie S, Byrne J.J, Young N.D, Zheng Y, Ma G, Korhonen P.K, Koehler A.V, Williamson N.A, Hofmann A, Chang B.C.H, Häberli C, Keiser J, Jabbar A, Sleebs B.E, Gasser R.B. Thermal proteome profiling reveals Haemonchus orphan protein HCO_011565 as a target of the nematocidal small molecule UMW-868. Front Pharmacol. 2022;13:1014804. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1014804

Taljaard L, Probst A, Tornow R, Keiser J, Haynes R.K, van der Kooy F. In vitro antischistosomal activity of Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra extracts. Phytomed Plus. 2022;2(3):100279. DOI: 10.1016/j.phyplu.2022.100279

Valderas-García E, Häberli C, Álvarez-Bardón M, Escala N, Castilla-Gómez de Agüero V, de la Vega J, Del Olmo E, Balaña-Fouce R, Keiser J, Martínez-Valladares M. Benzimidazole and aminoalcohol derivatives show in vitro anthelmintic activity against Trichuris muris and Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Parasit Vectors. 2022;15:243. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05347-y

Walker M, Freitas L.T, Halder J.B, Brack M, Keiser J, King C.H, Levecke B, Ai-Lian Lim Y, Pieri O, Sow D, Stothard J.R, Webster J.P, Zhou X.N, Terry R.F, Guérin P.J, Basáñez M.G. Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data. Wellcome Open Res. 2022;7:5. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17468.1

Welsche S, Mrimi E.C, Hattendorf J, Hürlimann E, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared with ivermectin and albendazole coadministration in adolescents infected with Trichuris trichiura in Tanzania: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022(in press). DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00589-8

Bosch F, Palmeirim M.S, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz technique: what is the influence of stirring, storage time and storage temperature on stool sample egg counts?. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15:e0009032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009032

Brussee J.M, Hiroshige N, Neodo A, Coulibaly J.T, Pfister M, Keiser J. Population pharmacokinetics and exposure-response analysis of tribendimidine to improve treatment for children with hookworm infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021;65(2):e01778-20. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01778-20

Brussee J.M, Neodo A, Schulz J.D, Coulibaly J.T, Pfister M, Keiser J. Pharmacometric analysis of tribendimidine mono- and combination therapies to achieve high cure rates in patients with hookworm infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021;65(2):e00714-20. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00714-20