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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Respiratory tract antimicrobial peptides more effectively killed multiple methicillin-resistant

Nikola Kurbatfinski, Joseph A Jurscisek, Kathryn Q Wilbanks, Steven D Goodman, Lauren O Bakaletz

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Bacterial Infections: A Broad Review of the Field.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nikola KurbatfinskiCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Joseph A JurscisekCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Kathryn Q WilbanksCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9651-6551
Steven D GoodmanCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Lauren O BakaletzCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0017-1710

Funding

DETERMINANTS OF H. INFLUENZAE VIRULENCE IN OTITIS MEDIAR01DC003915 · NIDCD · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI GOODMAN, STEVEN D · 1999 to 2025
$12.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC003915
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria IMPORTANCE: Pathogenesis of most common chronic and/or recurrent bacterial diseases (e.g., middle ear infections, urinary tract infections, rhinosinusitis, among others) can be attributed to biofilms that are canonically highly resistant to both immune effectors and antibiotics. If we treat biofilms formed by diverse human pathogens with a targeted monoclonal antibody directed at protective domains of bacterial DNA-binding proteins integral to the structural stability of the eDNA-rich biofilm matrix, they are rapidly disrupted with concomitant release of the resident bacteria. These newly released (NRel) bacteria are transiently significantly more sensitive to killing by both traditional antibiotics and human PMNs, and herein, we showed that they are also more readily killed by antimicrobial peptides. Clinically, we hope to leverage this understanding of the NRel phenotype for better medical management of these challenging infections, as well as perhaps even limit or eliminate further contribution to the global antimicrobial resistance 'pandemic'.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial PeptidesBiofilmsHaemophilus influenzaeMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusRespiratory SystemHaemophilus InfectionsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcal InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial Peptidesbeta defensinscathelicidinDNABIILL-37MRSAnontypeable Haemophilus influenzaeNRel

Identifiers

PMID40530663
PMCPMC12323582

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