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ReviewExpert opinion on drug delivery2008

Liposome-nucleic acid immunotherapeutics.

Steven Dow

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Review in Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven DowDepartment of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523, USA. sdow@colostate.edu
Colorado State University · US

Funding

Vascular stabilization as a broad theraprutic platform for biodefenseU54AI065357 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-FORT COLLINS · PI BELISLE, JOHN T · 2005 to 2013
$77.5M
Antigen Presentation and Pulmonary Immunity to PlagueU01AI056487 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-FORT COLLINS · PI DOW, STEVEN W. · 2003 to 2006
$1.6M
TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITIION BY SYSTEMIC GENE DELIVERYR01CA086224 · NCI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI DOW, STEVEN W. · 2000 to 2004
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA86224-01NCI NIH HHS R01 CA086224NIAID NIH HHS AI056487NIAID NIH HHS AI065357-01NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI056487NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI065357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cationic liposome-nucleic acid complexes, which were originally developed for use as non-viral gene delivery vectors, may now have an equally important application as immunotherapeutic drugs. Recent studies have highlighted the ability of cationic liposomes to potently activate the innate immune system when used to deliver certain Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists. The immune-enhancing properties of cationic liposomes have been most clearly demonstrated when combined with nucleic acid agonists for endosomally located TLRs, including TLR3, TLR7/8 and TLR9. Immune potentiation by cationic liposomes likely results from the combined effects of endosomal targeting, protection of nucleic acids from extracellular degradation, and from signaling via newly identified cytoplasmic receptors for nucleic acids. The potent innate immune stimulatory properties of liposome-nucleic acid complexes make them particularly attractive as non-specific immunotherapeutics and as vaccine adjuvants. Liposome-nucleic acid complexes have demonstrated impressive anticancer activity in a number of different animal tumor models. Moreover, liposome-nucleic acid complexes have also been shown to be effective for immunotherapy of acute viral and bacterial infections, as well as chronic fungal infections. When used as vaccine adjuvants, liposome-nucleic acid complexes target antigens for efficient uptake by dendritic cells and are particularly effective in eliciting CD8(+) T-cell responses to protein antigens. Thus, liposome-nucleic acid complexes form a potent and versatile immunotherapeutic platform.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateImmunotherapyLiposomesNeoplasmsNucleic AcidsLiposomesNucleic Acids

Identifiers

PMID18095926
PMCPMC3539802
OpenAlexW2163526876

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