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ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2012

Targeting breast cancer vaccines to dendritic cells: improved immunological responses with less protein?

Anne C Armstrong, David E Gilham

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Article in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anne C Armstrong
David E Gilham
Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central goal of cancer immunotherapy is to control tumors through the mobilization of the patient's immune system. Vaccines targeting the Her2/neu proto-oncogene have been tested with some early encouraging responses in breast cancer. However, a more effective set of vaccines targeting specific immune cell subtypes may provide a more potent means to stimulate anti-tumor immunity. Dendritic cell-specific antibodies fused with the Her2/neu protein proved effective at generating immune responses in preclinical models. Importantly, only low amounts of protein vaccine were required to generate this response, which has potentially significant implications for the future clinical development of Her2/neu-targeted vaccines and other vaccine targets.

Indexed as

AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesDendritic CellsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMiceProto-Oncogene MasRecombinant Fusion ProteinsCancer VaccinesERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesMAS1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22643384
PMCPMC3446337
OpenAlexW2137969542

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