"Acanthamoeba castellanii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of free-living soil amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae. It can cause ENCEPHALITIS and KERATITIS in humans.
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D048248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.075.080.150
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba castellanii" by people in Profiles.
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Synthetic Dihydropyridines as Novel Antiacanthamoebic Agents. Med Chem. 2020; 16(7):841-847.
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Novel antiacanthamoebic compounds belonging to quinazolinones. Eur J Med Chem. 2019 Nov 15; 182:111575.
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Cobalt nanoparticles as novel nanotherapeutics against Acanthamoeba castellanii. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Jun 03; 12(1):280.
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Antidiabetic Drugs and Their Nanoconjugates Repurposed as Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Acanthamoeba castellanii. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 May 28; 29(5):713-720.
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Oleic acid-conjugated silver nanoparticles as efficient antiamoebic agent against Acanthamoeba castellanii. Parasitol Res. 2019 Jul; 118(7):2295-2304.
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Extracellular vesicles and vesicle-free secretome of the protozoa Acanthamoeba castellanii under homeostasis and nutritional stress and their damaging potential to host cells. Virulence. 2018 12 31; 9(1):818-836.
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Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Cinnamic Acid Exhibits Antiacanthamoebic and Antibacterial Properties. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 09; 62(9).
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Morphologic and Genomic Analyses of New Isolates Reveal a Second Lineage of Cedratviruses. J Virol. 2018 07 01; 92(13).
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Amebaborne "Attilina massiliensis" Keratitis, France. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 02; 24(2):387-389.
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Silver nanoparticle conjugation affects antiacanthamoebic activities of amphotericin B, nystatin, and fluconazole. Parasitol Res. 2018 Jan; 117(1):265-271.