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Phytoecdysteroids as a potential drugs inhibiting Toxoplasma gondii invasion

2011/01/B/NZ6/01880

Keywords:

Toxoplasma gondii phytoecdysteroids in vitro monotherapy combined therapy

Descriptors:

  • NZ6_6: Parasitology

Panel:

NZ6 - Human and animal immunology and infection: immunity, immune disorders, immunotherapy, infectious and invasive diseases, microbiology, transplantology, allergology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

woj. łódzkie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Katarzyna Dzitko 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 230 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-12

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-11-11

Project duration:: 35 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. pompa próżniowo-ciśnieniowa (3 000 PLN)
  2. waga precyzyjna.
  3. chłodziarko-zamrażarka.
  4. chłodziarka laboratoryjna + szafa termiczna.
  5. wirówka stołowa (10 500 PLN)
  6. komputer przenośny typu "laptop" z systemem operacyjnym i oprogramowaniem CorelDRAW (6 000 PLN)
  7. kompaktowa wirówka "MiniSpin Plus" z rotorem, bez chłodzenia (3 500 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (2)
  1. Phytoecdysteroids as modulators of the Toxoplasma gondii growth rate in human and mouse cells
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Dzitko, Marcin Mikołaj Grzybowski, Jakub Pawełczyk, Bożena Dziadek, Justyna Gatkowska, Paweł Stączek, Henryka Długońska
    Academic press:
    Parasites and Vectors (rok: 2015, tom: 8, strony: 422-435), Wydawca: BioMedCentral The Open Access Publisher
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13071-015-1019-7 - link to the publication
  2. Current and future therapy of toxoplasmosis
    Authors:
    MSc. Magdalena Antczak, Dr. Katarzyna Dzitko, Prof. Henryka Długońska
    Academic press:
    lranian Journal of Parasitology (rok: 2014, tom: -, strony: -), Wydawca: Iranian Society of Parasitology (ISP)
    Status:
    Submitted
  1. Effects of two phytoecdysteroides on Toxoplasma gondii growth
    Authors:
    Dzitko Katarzyna, Gatkowska Justyna, Dziadek Bożena, Henryka Długońska
    Conference:
    The 3rd Workshop on Microbiology in Health and Environmental Protection, Microbiot 2013 (rok: 2013, ), Wydawca: Advances in Microbiology
    Data:
    konferencja 17-20 IX 2013
    Status:
    Published
  2. The influence of phytoecdysteroids on Toxoplasma gondii growth in vivo
    Authors:
    Dzitko Katarzyna, Gatkowska Justyna, Dziadek Bożena, and Henryka Długońska
    Conference:
    12th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis (rok: 2013, ), Wydawca: Medical Informatics Unit, Nuffield Division of clinical Laboratory Science, Oxford
    Data:
    konferencja 22nd - 26th June
    Status:
    Published