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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2011

Pathogen-associated molecular patterns on biomaterials: a paradigm for engineering new vaccines.

Stacey L Demento, Alyssa L Siefert, Arunima Bandyopadhyay, Fiona A Sharp, Tarek M Fahmy

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles in Potentiating Cancer Vaccines: Progress and Prospects.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  12. Cold and hot tumors: from molecular mechanisms to targeted therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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  19. Protective efficacy ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stacey L DementoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, Malone Engineering Center, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Alyssa L Siefert
Arunima Bandyopadhyay
Fiona A Sharp
Tarek M Fahmy
Yale University · US

Funding

IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY/TRANSFUSION MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007974 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI JEANNE E HENDRICKSON, Diane S Krause · 2001 to 2026
$8.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccine development has progressed significantly and has moved from whole microorganisms to subunit vaccines that contain only their antigenic proteins. Subunit vaccines are often less immunogenic than whole pathogens; therefore, adjuvants must amplify the immune response, ideally establishing both innate and adaptive immunity. Incorporation of antigens into biomaterials, such as liposomes and polymers, can achieve a desired vaccine response. The physical properties of these platforms can be easily manipulated, thus allowing for controlled delivery of immunostimulatory factors and presentation of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that are targeted to specific immune cells. Targeting antigen to immune cells via PAMP-modified biomaterials is a new strategy to control the subsequent development of immunity and, in turn, effective vaccination. Here, we review the recent advances in both immunology and biomaterial engineering that have brought particulate-based vaccines to reality.

Indexed as

Immunity, CellularAdjuvants, ImmunologicBiocompatible MaterialsHumansImmune SystemReceptors, Pattern RecognitionVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicBiocompatible MaterialsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionVaccines

Identifiers

PMID21459467
PMCPMC7025712
OpenAlexW2078364862

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