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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2013

Virus-like particles for the prevention of human papillomavirus-associated malignancies.

Joshua W Wang, Richard B S Roden

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Immunogenicity Analysis of PCV3 Capsid Highly Expressed Using Baculovirus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus After Infection and Vaccination.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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  20. Tailored Viral-like Particles as Drivers of Medical Breakthroughs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua W WangDepartment of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287-0014, USA.
Richard B S Roden
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Treatment of HIV- and HIV+ Patients with HPV16+ CIN2/3 Using pNGLV4a-hCRTE6E7L2 DNA vaccine administered intramuscularly via electroporationP50CA098252 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI TZYY-CHOOU WU · 2003 to 2026
$53.5M
Mechanisms of Papillomavirus NeutralizationR01CA118790 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RODEN, RICHARD BRUCE · 2007 to 2018
$2.9M
A Phase I Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of HPV 16 L2 11-200R01CA133749 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HUH, WARNER KING · 2008 to 2012
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098252NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118790NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As compared with peptide- or protein-based vaccines, naked DNA vectors and even traditional attenuated or inactivated virus vaccines, virus-like particles (VLPs) are an attractive vaccine platform, as they offer a combination of safety, ease of production and both high-density B-cell epitope display and intracellular presentation of T-cell epitopes that induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses, respectively. Indeed, HPV vaccines based on VLP production by recombinant expression of major capsid antigen L1 in yeast (Gardasil(®), Merck & Co., NJ, USA) or insect cells (Cervarix(®), GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK) have been licensed for the prevention of cervical and anogenital infection and disease associated with the genotypes targeted by each vaccine. However, these HPV vaccines have not been demonstrated as effective to treat existing infections, and efforts to develop a therapeutic HPV vaccine continue. Furthermore, current HPV L1-VLP vaccines provide type-restricted protection, requiring highly multivalent formulations to broaden coverage to the dozen or more oncogenic HPV genotypes. This raises the complexity and cost of vaccine production. The lack of access to screening and high disease burden in developing countries has spurred efforts to develop second-generation HPV vaccines that are more affordable, induce wider protective coverage and offer therapeutic coverage against HPV-associated malignancies. Given the previous success with L1-VLP-based vaccines against HPV, VLPs have been also adopted as platforms for many second-generation HPV and non-HPV vaccine candidates with both prophylactic and therapeutic intent. In this article, the authors examine the progress and challenges of these efforts, with a focus on how they inform VLP vaccine design.

Indexed as

Anus NeoplasmsBiomedical ResearchFemaleGenital Neoplasms, FemaleGenital Neoplasms, MaleHumansMalePapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like ParticlePapillomavirus VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

Identifiers

PMID23414405
PMCPMC3835148
OpenAlexW1983853879

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