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ReviewBioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy2024

CRISPR-Cas System: A New Dawn to Combat Antibiotic Resistance.

Muhammad Shahzad Rafiq, Muhammad AbuBakar Shabbir, Ahmed Raza, Shoaib Irshad, Andleeb Asghar, Muhammad Kashif Maan, Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal, Haihong Hao

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Review in BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Virulence and Invasion Profiles ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Muhammad Shahzad RafiqMOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Muhammad AbuBakar ShabbirInstitute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ahmed RazaLivestock and Dairy Development Department, Punjab, Pakistan.
Shoaib IrshadLivestock and Dairy Development Department, Punjab, Pakistan.
Andleeb AsgharInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Kashif MaanDepartment of Veterinary Surgery and Pet Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Mushtaq Ahmed GondalInstitute of Continuing Education and Extension, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Haihong HaoMOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. haohaihong@aliyun.com.

Funding

Key Technology Research and Development Program of Shandong Province 2021YFD1800600the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities . 2662022DKYJC005the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32172914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can potentially harm global public health. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which speeds up the emergence of AMR and increases the burden of drug resistance in mobile genetic elements (MGEs), is the primary method by which AMR genes are transferred across bacterial pathogens. New approaches are urgently needed to halt the spread of bacterial diseases and antibiotic resistance. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), an RNA-guided adaptive immune system, protects prokaryotes from foreign DNA like plasmids and phages. This approach may be essential in limiting horizontal gene transfer and halting the spread of antibiotic resistance. The CRISPR-Cas system has been crucial in identifying and understanding resistance mechanisms and developing novel therapeutic approaches. This review article investigates the CRISPR-Cas system's potential as a tool to combat bacterial AMR. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be targeted and eliminated by the CRISPR-Cas system. It has been proven to be an efficient method for removing carbapenem-resistant plasmids and regaining antibiotic susceptibility. The CRISPR-Cas system has enormous potential as a weapon against bacterial AMR. It precisely targets and eliminates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, facilitates resistance mechanism identification, and offers new possibilities in diagnostics and therapeutics.

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BacteriaCRISPR-Cas SystemsDrug Resistance, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsGene Transfer, HorizontalHumansPlasmidsAnti-Bacterial Agents

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