Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24228179›Full record

ReviewJournal of drug delivery2013

Targeting antigens to dendritic cell receptors for vaccine development.

Vasso Apostolopoulos, Theresia Thalhammer, Andreas G Tzakos, Lily Stojanovska

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Review in Journal of drug delivery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Vasso ApostolopoulosVA Consulting Services, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, VIC, Australia.
Theresia Thalhammer
Andreas G Tzakos
Lily Stojanovska
Medical University of Vienna · ATServices Australia · AUUniversity of Ioannina · GRVictoria University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly specialized antigen presenting cells of the immune system which play a key role in regulating immune responses. Depending on the method of antigen delivery, DCs stimulate immune responses or induce tolerance. As a consequence of the dual function of DCs, DCs are studied in the context of immunotherapy for both cancer and autoimmune diseases. In vaccine development, a major aim is to induce strong, specific T-cell responses. This is achieved by targeting antigen to cell surface molecules on DCs that efficiently channel the antigen into endocytic compartments for loading onto MHC molecules and stimulation of T-cell responses. The most attractive cell surface receptors, expressed on DCs used as targets for antigen delivery for cancer and other diseases, are discussed.

Identifiers

PMID24228179
PMCPMC3817681
OpenAlexW2078782988

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