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ArticleACS infectious diseases2018

Developments in Glycopeptide Antibiotics.

Mark A T Blaskovich, Karl A Hansford, Mark S Butler, ZhiGuang Jia, Alan E Mark, Matthew A Cooper

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Article in ACS infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 262 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark A T BlaskovichInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9447-2292
Karl A HansfordInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2535-9071
Mark S ButlerInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6689-4236
ZhiGuang JiaInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.
Alan E MarkInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5880-4798
Matthew A CooperInstitute for Molecular Bioscience , The University of Queensland , 306 Carmody Road , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3147-3460
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 094977/Z/10/ZWellcome Trust WT141107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycopeptide antibiotics (GPAs) are a key weapon in the fight against drug resistant bacteria, with vancomycin still a mainstream therapy against serious Gram-positive infections more than 50 years after it was first introduced. New, more potent semisynthetic derivatives that have entered the clinic, such as dalbavancin and oritavancin, have superior pharmacokinetic and target engagement profiles that enable successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant infections. In the face of resistance development, with multidrug resistant (MDR) S. pneumoniae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) together causing 20-fold more infections than all MDR Gram-negative infections combined, further improvements are desirable to ensure the Gram-positive armamentarium is adequately maintained for future generations. A range of modified glycopeptides has been generated in the past decade via total syntheses, semisynthetic modifications of natural products, or biological engineering. Several of these have undergone extensive characterization with demonstrated in vivo efficacy, good PK/PD profiles, and no reported preclinical toxicity; some may be suitable for formal preclinical development. The natural product monobactam, cephalosporin, and β-lactam antibiotics all spawned multiple generations of commercially and clinically successful semisynthetic derivatives. Similarly, next-generation glycopeptides are now technically well positioned to advance to the clinic, if sufficient funding and market support returns to antibiotic development.

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug DiscoveryDrug Resistance, BacterialGlycopeptidesGram-Positive BacteriaGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Bacterial AgentsGlycopeptidesantibioticsantimicrobial resistanceglycopeptidesvancomycin

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PMID29363950
PMCPMC5952257
OpenAlexW2785104789

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