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ReviewCurrent opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2012

Safety of engineered allergen-specific immunotherapy vaccines.

Margarete Focke-Tejkl, Rudolf Valenta

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Review in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Homology modeling and epitope prediction of Der f 33.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2018
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  6. Food allergies: the basics.Gastroenterology · 2015
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  7. Mold allergens in respiratory allergy: from structure to therapy.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2015
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  14. Multiple grass mixes as opposed to single grasses for allergen immunotherapy in allergic rhinitis.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2013
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  17. New directions in immunotherapy.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margarete Focke-TejklDivision of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Rudolf Valenta
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 4605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of the review is to summarize and comment on recent developments regarding the safety of engineered immunotherapy vaccines. RECENT

findingsIn the last 2 years, several studies were published in which allergy vaccines were developed on the basis of chemical modification of natural allergen extracts, the engineering of allergen molecules by recombinant DNA technology and synthetic peptide chemistry, allergen genes, new application routes and conjugation with immune modulatory molecules. Several studies exemplified the general applicability of hypoallergenic vaccines on the basis of recombinant fusion proteins consisting of nonallergenic allergen-derived peptides fused to allergen-unrelated carrier molecules. These vaccines are engineered to reduce both, immunoglobulin E (IgE) as well as allergen-specific T cell epitopes in the vaccines, and thus should provoke less IgE and T-cell-mediated side-effects. They are made to induce allergen-specific IgG antibodies against the IgE-binding sites of allergens with the T-cell help of the carrier molecule. SUMMARY: Several interesting examples of allergy vaccines with potentially increased safety profiles have been published. The concept of fusion proteins consisting of allergen-derived hypoallergenic peptides fused to allergen-unrelated proteins that seems to be broadly applicable for a variety of allergens appears to be of particular interest because it promises not only to reduce side-effects but also to increase efficacy and convenience of allergy vaccines.

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AllergensAnimalsCatsClinical Trials as TopicDesensitization, ImmunologicGenetic EngineeringHumansHypersensitivity, ImmediateTreatment OutcomeVaccines, DNAAllergensVaccines, DNA

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PMID22885888
PMCPMC4594771
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