Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19162109›Full record

ArticleVaccine2009

A novel vaccine targeting Fusobacterium nucleatum against abscesses and halitosis.

Pei-Feng Liu, Susan Kinder Haake, Richard L Gallo, Chun-Ming Huang

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Article in Vaccine, 2009. 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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18citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

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, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. MedComm · 2025
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  2. Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  3. The emerging role of Fusobacteria in carcinogenesis.European journal of clinical investigation · 2024
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  5. Emerging strategies for combatingExploration (Beijing, China) · 2024
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  6. Targeted elimination ofJournal of oral microbiology · 2024
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  8. More Than Just a Periodontal Pathogen -the Research Progress onFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  13. Vaccination with Killed but Metabolically ActiveJournal of nature and science · 2017
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  16. Animal models for periodontal disease.Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pei-Feng LiuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
Susan Kinder Haake
Richard L Gallo
Chun-Ming Huang
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Immunological Secretomes of the Early Anthrax InfectionR01AI067395 · NIAID · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI HUANG, CHUN-MING · 2006 to 2010
$1.2M
Anthrax vaccination by targeting spore germinationR21AI058002 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HUANG, CHUN-MING · 2004 to 2005
$726k
Secretomes captured in vivo via ultrafiltration probesR21RR022754 · NCRR · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI HUANG, CHUN-MING · 2006 to 2008
$506k
Acne Vaccines Targeting a Surface Sialidase and a Secreted CAMP Factor ToxinR41AR056169 · NIAMS · VAXIN INC. · PI HUANG, CHUN-MING · 2008 to 2008
$100k
NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR022754NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067395NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI067395-01NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI058002NIAMS NIH HHS 1R41AR056169-01NIAMS NIH HHS R41 AR056169PHS HHS R21-158002-01PHS HHS R21-R022754-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An abscess in a gum pocket, resulting from bacterial infection, is a common source of chronic halitosis. Although antibiotics are generally prescribed for abscesses, they require multiple treatments with risks of creating resistant bacterial strains. Here we develop a novel vaccine using ultraviolet-inactivated Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum), a representative oral bacterium for halitosis. A gum pocket model, established by continuous inoculation of F. nucleatum, was employed to validate the vaccine potency. Mice immunized with inactivated F. nucleatum effectively minimized the progression of abscesses, measured by swollen tissues of gum pockets. Most notably, the immunized mice were capable of eliciting neutralizing antibodies against the production of volatile sulfur compounds of F. nucleatum. The novel vaccine inducing protective immunity provides an alternative option to conventional antibiotic treatments for chronic halitosis associated with abscesses.

Indexed as

AbscessAnimalsBacterial VaccinesBiofilmsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFusobacterium InfectionsFusobacterium nucleatumGingival DiseasesHalitosisHumansMiceMice, Inbred ICRSulfurVaccines, InactivatedBacterial VaccinesSulfurVaccines, Inactivated

Identifiers

PMID19162109
PMCPMC3057132
OpenAlexW2057099740

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