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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2011

Heat shock proteins and cancer vaccines: developments in the past decade and chaperoning in the decade to come.

Ayesha Murshid, Jianlin Gong, Mary Ann Stevenson, Stuart K Calderwood

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 103 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ayesha MurshidMolecular and Cellular Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 99 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jianlin Gong
Mary Ann Stevenson
Stuart K Calderwood
Harvard University · USBoston University · US

Funding

TRANSMEMBRANE SIGNAL MODULATION BY HYPERTHERMIAR01CA047407 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI CALDERWOOD, STUART KEITH · 1988 to 2014
$4.3M
Extracellular Hsp70 and hyperthermia in tumor therapyR01CA119045 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CALDERWOOD, STUART KEITH · 2007 to 2016
$3.1M
Gene Repression by HSF1 during hyperthermia and stressesR01CA094397 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CALDERWOOD, STUART KEITH · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
Gene repression by HSF1 during hyperthermia and other stresses.R01CA077465 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI CALDERWOOD, STUART KEITH · 1998 to 2011
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA047407NCI NIH HHS R01CA047407NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077465NCI NIH HHS R01 CA094397NCI NIH HHS R01CA094397NCI NIH HHS R01 CA119045NCI NIH HHS R01CA119045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular chaperone-peptide complexes extracted from tumors (heat shock protein [HSP] vaccines) have been intensively studied in the preceding two decades, proving to be safe and effective in treating a number of malignant diseases. They offer personalized therapy and target a cross-section of antigens expressed in patients' tumors. Future advances may rely on understanding the molecular underpinnings of this approach to immunotherapy. One property common to HSP vaccines is the ability to stimulate antigen uptake by scavenger receptors on the antigen-presenting cell surface and trigger T-lymphocyte activation. HSPs can also induce signaling through Toll-Like receptors in a range of immune cells and this may mediate the effectiveness of vaccines.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesDrug DiscoveryHeat-Shock ProteinsHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMolecular ChaperonesCancer VaccinesHeat-Shock ProteinsMolecular Chaperones

Identifiers

PMID22043955
PMCPMC3243109
OpenAlexW2166605891

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