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ReviewImmunology2013

Heat-shock proteins as dendritic cell-targeting vaccines--getting warmer.

Shaun McNulty, Camilo A Colaco, Lucy E Blandford, Christopher R Bailey, Selene Baschieri, Stephen Todryk

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Review in Immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 82 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shaun McNultyImmunoBiology Ltd., Babraham Research Campus, Babraham, Cambridge, UK. shaun.mcnulty@immbio.com
Camilo A Colaco
Lucy E Blandford
Christopher R Bailey
Selene Baschieri
Stephen Todryk
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development · ITNorthumbria University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat-shock proteins (hsp) provide a natural link between innate and adaptive immune responses by combining the ideal properties of antigen carriage (chaperoning), targeting and activation of antigen-presenting cells (APC), including dendritic cells (DC). Targeting is achieved through binding of hsp to distinct cell surface receptors and is followed by antigen internalization, processing and presentation. An improved understanding of the interaction of hsp with DC has driven the development of numerous hsp-containing vaccines, designed to deliver antigens directly to DC. Studies in mice have shown that for cancers, such vaccines generate impressive immune responses and protection from tumour challenge. However, translation to human use, as for many experimental immunotherapies, has been slow partly because of the need to perform trials in patients with advanced cancers, where demonstration of efficacy is challenging. Recently, the properties of hsp have been used for development of prophylactic vaccines against infectious diseases including tuberculosis and meningitis. These hsp-based vaccines, in the form of pathogen-derived hsp-antigen complexes, or recombinant hsp combined with selected antigens in vitro, offer an innovative approach against challenging diseases where broad antigen coverage is critical.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityImmunity, InnateAnimalsBacterial VaccinesCancer VaccinesDendritic CellsHeat-Shock ProteinsHumansLymphocyte ActivationReceptors, Cell SurfaceT-LymphocytesVaccines, SyntheticViral VaccinesBacterial VaccinesCancer VaccinesHeat-Shock ProteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceVaccines, SyntheticViral VaccinesCancerdendritic cellsheat-shock proteinsinfectious diseasevaccines

Identifiers

PMID23551234
PMCPMC3719058
OpenAlexW2117895093

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