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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2012

Polymer-mediated DNA vaccine delivery via bystander cells requires a proper balance between transfection efficiency and cytotoxicity.

R Noelle Palumbo, Xiao Zhong, Chun Wang

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Polyethylenimine-based micro/nanoparticles as vaccine adjuvants.International journal of nanomedicine · 2017
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  8. The future of human DNA vaccines.Journal of biotechnology · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R Noelle PalumboDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 7-105 Hasselmo Hall, 312 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Xiao Zhong
Chun Wang
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Biodegradable Polymers For DNA Vaccine DeliveryR01CA129189 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WANG, CHUN · 2008 to 2012
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA129189NCI NIH HHS R01CA129189
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct targeting of dendritic cells is an ideal goal for DNA vaccine delivery in order to stimulate both arms of the immune system. However, dendritic cells are often difficult to transfect using nonviral polyplexes. Here we show that transfecting bystander cells such as fibroblasts with PEI/DNA complexes leads to efficient cross-presentation of a model antigen by dendritic cells and subsequent activation of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. Maturation of dendritic cells is also stimulated after co-culture with transfected fibroblasts. Such outcomes depend on a proper balance between transfection efficiency and polyplex-induced cytotoxicity in the fibroblasts. In fact, substantial cytotoxicity is desirable and even necessary for cross-presentation and cross-priming of T cells. This study illustrates a new pathway of polymer-based DNA vaccine delivery via bystander cells without direct targeting of antigen-presenting cells and highlights the importance of exploiting polymer-induced cytotoxicity for the benefit of immune activation.

Indexed as

AnimalsBystander EffectCell DeathCoculture TechniquesCytotoxinsDrug Delivery SystemsMiceMice, TransgenicNIH 3T3 CellsPolymersTransfectionVaccines, DNACytotoxinsPolymersVaccines, DNA

Identifiers

PMID21907252
PMCPMC3260377
OpenAlexW2094967694

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