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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Modified CLEC3A-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides Lead to Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity against Drug-Resistant Bacteria.

Denise Meinberger, Marco G Drexelius, Joshua Grabeck, Gabriele Hermes, Annika Roth, Dzemal Elezagic, Ines Neundorf, Thomas Streichert, Andreas R Klatt

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. CLEC3A-derived peptides exhibit broad-spectrum activity againstFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  4. Antimicrobial peptides: from discovery to developmental applications.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Denise MeinbergerInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7786-6000
Marco G DrexeliusInstitute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
Joshua GrabeckInstitute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1126-1647
Gabriele HermesInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Annika RothInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3376-0968
Dzemal ElezagicInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Ines NeundorfInstitute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6450-3991
Thomas StreichertInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6588-720X
Andreas R KlattInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8517-7512
University of Cologne · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 527884186
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics. Sequence changes can significantly improve the therapeutic properties of antimicrobial peptides. In our study, we apply different sequence modifications to enhance the performance of the CLEC3A-derived AMPs HT-16 and HT-47. We truncated their sequences, inserting a triple-glycine linker, adding an N-terminal tryptophan residue, and generating a D-amino acid variant, resulting in the generation of seven new peptides. We investigated their antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, their cytotoxicity to murine cells, and the biostability of the modified peptides in serum. We identified a novel antimicrobial peptide, WRK-30, with enhanced antimicrobial potency against

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antimicrobial peptidesCLEC3AC-type lectindrug-resistant bacteriaMRSApeptide modification

Identifiers

PMID37887233
PMCPMC10604565
OpenAlexW4387572820

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