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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Phage-Encoded Endolysins.

Fatma Abdelrahman, Maheswaran Easwaran, Oluwasegun I Daramola, Samar Ragab, Stephanie Lynch, Tolulope J Oduselu, Fazal Mehmood Khan, Akomolafe Ayobami, Fazal Adnan, Eduard Torrents and 2 more

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers.

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150citing papers in PubMed
25.7field-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

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

150 citing papers in PubMed, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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90 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Fatma AbdelrahmanCenter for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12578, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7765-3005
Maheswaran EaswaranDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu 626115, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1186-6454
Oluwasegun I DaramolaDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria.
Samar RagabCenter for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12578, Egypt.
Stephanie LynchSchool of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
Tolulope J OduseluDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria.
Fazal Mehmood KhanCenter for Biosafety Mega-Science, Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4125-8211
Akomolafe AyobamiDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria.
Fazal AdnanAtta ur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 24090, Pakistan.
Eduard TorrentsBacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies Group, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3010-1609
Swapnil SanmukhBacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies Group, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6827-7960
Ayman El-ShibinyCenter for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12578, Egypt.
University of Ibadan · NGZewail City of Science and Technology · EGInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia · ESChinese Academy of Sciences · CNLa Trobe University · AUNational University of Sciences and Technology · PK

Funding

European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scheme 712754Severo Ochoa programme of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Competitiveness [Grant SEV-2014-0425 (2019-2021)]
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the global emergence of antibiotic resistance, there has been an increase in research surrounding endolysins as an alternative therapeutic. Endolysins are phage-encoded enzymes, utilized by mature phage virions to hydrolyze the cell wall from within. There is significant evidence that proves the ability of endolysins to degrade the peptidoglycan externally without the assistance of phage. Thus, their incorporation in therapeutic strategies has opened new options for therapeutic application against bacterial infections in the human and veterinary sectors, as well as within the agricultural and biotechnology sectors. While endolysins show promising results within the laboratory, it is important to document their resistance, safety, and immunogenicity for

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antibiotic resistancebacteriophagesendolysin

Identifiers

PMID33525684
PMCPMC7912344
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