Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17607015›Full record

ReviewProceedings of the American Thoracic Society2007

Antiinfective applications of toll-like receptor 9 agonists.

Arthur M Krieg

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Review in Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Arthur M KriegColey Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., 93 Worcester Street, Suite 101, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA. akrieg@coleypharma.com

Funding

Pulmonary innate immune activation for bioterror defenseU01AI057264 · NIAID · COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP, INC. · PI KRIEG, ARTHUR M. · 2003 to 2005
$6.3M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI057264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The innate immune system detects pathogens by the presence of highly conserved pathogen-expressed molecules, which trigger host immune defenses. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 detects unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in bacterial or viral DNA, and can be stimulated for therapeutic applications with synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides containing immune stimulatory "CpG motifs." TLR9 activation induces both innate and adaptive immunity. The TLR9-induced innate immune activation can be applied in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases, and the adaptive immune-enhancing effects can be harnessed for improving vaccines. This article highlights the current understanding of the mechanism of action of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides, and provides an overview of the preclinical data and early human clinical trial results, applying these TLR9 agonists in the field of infectious diseases.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCommunicable DiseasesHumansImmunity, InnateOligodeoxyribonucleotidesToll-Like Receptor 9VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicOligodeoxyribonucleotidesToll-Like Receptor 9Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID17607015
PMCPMC2647632

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