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ArticleACS infectious diseases2019

Design of Next Generation Polymyxins with Lower Toxicity: The Discovery of SPR206.

Pamela Brown, Elizabeth Abbott, Omar Abdulle, Steven Boakes, Scott Coleman, Naomi Divall, Esther Duperchy, Stephen Moss, Dean Rivers, Mona Simonovic and 4 more

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Article in ACS infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pamela BrownCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1829-3695
Elizabeth AbbottCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Omar AbdulleCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Steven BoakesCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Scott ColemanSpero Therapeutics Inc. , 675 Massachusetts Avenue , 14th Floor, Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States.
Naomi DivallCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Esther DuperchyCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Stephen MossEurofins Selcia Drug Discovery, U.K. , Fyfield Business & Research Park, Fyfield Road , Ongar , Essex CM5 0GS , United Kingdom.
Dean RiversCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Mona SimonovicCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Jaspal SinghCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Steven StanwayEurofins Selcia Drug Discovery, U.K. , Fyfield Business & Research Park, Fyfield Road , Ongar , Essex CM5 0GS , United Kingdom.
Antoinette WilsonEurofins Selcia Drug Discovery, U.K. , Fyfield Business & Research Park, Fyfield Road , Ongar , Essex CM5 0GS , United Kingdom.
Michael J DawsonCantab Anti-Infectives Ltd. , BioPark, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire AL7 3AX , United Kingdom.
Eurofins (United Kingdom) · GBSpero Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201500014CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201500014I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymyxins are an important class of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections due to multidrug resistant Gram-negative pathogens. However, their clinical utility is limited by nephrotoxicity. Here, we report a series of promising next generation polymyxin nonapeptides identified on the basis of our understanding of the relationship of structure with activity, cytotoxicity, and kidney compartment accumulation. We demonstrate that nonapeptides with an amine-containing N-terminal moiety of specific regio- and stereochemistry possess superior

Indexed as

AminobutyratesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsCell LineDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansKidneyMaleMiceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPolymyxin BPolymyxinsAminobutyratesAnti-Bacterial AgentsPolymyxin BPolymyxinsantibacterialsantimicrobial resistanceGram-negativemultidrug-resistant bacterianephrotoxicitypolymyxin

Identifiers

PMID31525992
PMCPMC8152168
OpenAlexW2974806062

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Registered trials

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