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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2014

Recent progress concerning CpG DNA and its use as a vaccine adjuvant.

Hidekazu Shirota, Dennis M Klinman

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 169 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hidekazu ShirotaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University, Japan.
Dennis M Klinman
National Cancer Institute · USTohoku University · JP

Funding

Mechanism of action and therapeutic utility of stimulatory CpG oligonucleotidesZIABC010852 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI KLINMAN, DENNIS · 2009 to 2019
$11.3M
Mechanism of action and therapeutic utility of immunostimulatory CpG oligonucleoZ01BC010852 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI KLINMAN, DENNIS · 2007 to 2008
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010852
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CpG Oligonucleotides (ODN) are immunomodulatory synthetic oligonucleotides designed to specifically agonize Toll-like receptor 9. Here, we review recent progress in understanding the mechanism of action of CpG ODN and provide an overview of human clinical trial results using CpG ODN to improve the vaccines for cancer, allergy and infectious disease.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicClinical Trials as TopicHumansOligodeoxyribonucleotidesToll-Like Receptor 9VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicCPG-oligonucleotideOligodeoxyribonucleotidesToll-Like Receptor 9Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID24308579
PMCPMC6335645
OpenAlexW2153541811

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Registered trials

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