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ReviewImmunological reviews2011

Use of defined TLR ligands as adjuvants within human vaccines.

Malcolm S Duthie, Hillarie Plessner Windish, Christopher B Fox, Steven G Reed

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 236 papers.

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236citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

236 citing papers in PubMed, 431 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Malcolm S DuthieInfectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hillarie Plessner Windish
Christopher B Fox
Steven G Reed
Infectious Disease Research Institute · US

Funding

LEISHMANIA ANTIGENS DEFINES BY IMMUNE RESPONSESR01AI025038 · NIAID · SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI REED, STEVEN GREGORY · 1987 to 2016
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI025038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our improved understanding of how innate immune responses can be initiated and how they can shape adaptive B- and T-cell responses is having a significant impact on vaccine development by directing the development of defined adjuvants. Experience with first generation vaccines, as well as rapid advances in developing defined vaccines containing Toll-like receptor ligands (TLRLs), indicate that an expanded number of safe and effective vaccines containing such molecules will be available in the future. In this review, we outline current knowledge regarding TLRs, detailing the different cell types that express TLRs, the various signaling pathways TLRs utilize, and the currently known TLRLs. We then discuss the current status of TLRLs within vaccine development programs, including the importance of appropriate formulation, and how recent developments can be used to better define the mechanisms of action of vaccines. Finally, we introduce the possibility of using TLRLs, either in combination or with non-TLRLs, to synergistically potentiate vaccine-induced responses to provide not only prophylactic, but therapeutic protection against infectious diseases and cancer.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsDendritic CellsHumansImmunity, InnateLigandsMiceSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesToll-Like ReceptorsVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicLigandsToll-Like ReceptorsVaccines

Identifiers

PMID21198672
PMCPMC5872835
OpenAlexW1878522445

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