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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2012

Idiotypes as immunogens: facing the challenge of inducing strong therapeutic immune responses against the variable region of immunoglobulins.

Alejandro López-Requena, Oscar R Burrone, Michela Cesco-Gaspere

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Alejandro López-RequenaMolecular Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy ; Immunobiology Division, Center of Molecular Immunology, Havana, Cuba ; Bioengineering Research Institute, Biotech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
Oscar R Burrone
Michela Cesco-Gaspere
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiotype (Id)-based immunotherapy has been exploited as cancer treatment option. Conceived as therapy for malignancies bearing idiotypic antigens, it has been also extended to solid tumors because of the capacity of anti-idiotypic antibodies to mimic Id-unrelated antigens. In both these two settings, efforts are being made to overcome the poor immune responsiveness often experienced when using self immunoglobulins as immunogens. Despite bearing a unique gene combination, and thus particular epitopes, it is normally difficult to stimulate the immune response against antibody variable regions. Different strategies are currently used to strengthen Id immunogenicity, such as concomitant use of immune-stimulating molecules, design of Id-containing immunogenic recombinant proteins, specific targeting of relevant immune cells, and genetic immunization. This review focuses on the role of anti-Id vaccination in cancer management and on the current developments used to foster anti-idiotypic B and T cell responses.

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canceridiotypeidiotypic networklymphomavaccines

Identifiers

PMID23162790
PMCPMC3493989
OpenAlexW2100819495

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