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ReviewCurrent opinion in molecular therapeutics2007

Lentivirus as a potent and mechanistically distinct vector for genetic immunization.

Yukai He, Louis D Falo

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Review in Current opinion in molecular therapeutics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yukai HeUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 145 Lothrop Hall, 190 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Louis D Falo

Funding

Regulation of Antitumor Immunity by DC SubsetsK01AR047576 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HE, YUKAI · 2002 to 2006
$542k
NIAMS NIH HHS K01 AR047576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell-mediated immunity is critical for the prevention and control of a broad range of infectious diseases and human malignancies. Genetic immunization is a promising approach for the elicitation of T-cell immunity. Recombinant lentivectors are now being developed and evaluated as antigen delivery platforms for genetic immunization and immune engineering. Early results from studies utilizing lentivectors are promising. Third generation lentivectors have been engineered to improve biosafety and reduce antivector immune responses. The ability of third generation lentivectors to efficiently transduce non-dividing cells, including dendritic cells, suggests important advantages over other antigen delivery platforms. Studies suggest that immunization with lentivectors induces remarkably potent and durable primary and memory T-cell immunity. The combination of skin-targeted immunization and potentially unique mechanisms of immune induction likely contribute to the potent immunogenicity observed. Taken together, this accumulating evidence supports the ongoing development and clinical translation of lentivector-based genetic immunization strategies.

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AnimalsGenetic VectorsHumansLentivirusVaccination

Identifiers

PMID17932808
PMCPMC3065304

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