Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24762075›Full record

ReviewImmunotherapy2014

Optimizing NKT cell ligands as vaccine adjuvants.

Leandro J Carreño, Shalu Sharma Kharkwal, Steven A Porcelli

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Review in Immunotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Leandro J CarreñoDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Shalu Sharma Kharkwal
Steven A Porcelli

Funding

"The Tuberculous Granuloma"P01AI063537 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COL OF MED YESHIVA UNIV · PI CHAN, JOHN R. · 2005 to 2015
$15.7M
Precision Targeting of CD1-Restricted iNKT Cells for Cancer ImmunotherapyR01AI045889 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI Steven A Porcelli · 1999 to 2026
$9.3M
Construction of safe and effective live tuberculosis vaccinesR01AI093649 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI PORCELLI, STEVEN A · 2011 to 2015
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI063537NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI045889NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093649NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI45889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NKT cells are a subpopulation of T lymphocytes with phenotypic properties of both T and NK cells and a wide range of immune effector properties. In particular, one subset of these cells, known as invariant NKT cells (iNKT cells), has attracted substantial attention because of their ability to be specifically activated by glycolipid antigens presented by a cell surface protein called CD1d. The development of synthetic α-galactosylceramides as a family of powerful glycolipid agonists for iNKT cells has led to approaches for augmenting a wide variety of immune responses, including those involved in vaccination against infections and cancers. Here, we review basic, preclinical and clinical observations supporting approaches to improving immune responses through the use of iNKT cell-activating glycolipids. Results from preclinical animal studies and preliminary clinical studies in humans identify many promising applications for this approach in the development of vaccines and novel immunotherapies.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntigensAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CD1dAntigens, NeoplasmBacterial InfectionsBacterial VaccinesCancer VaccinesCytokinesDendritic CellsGalactosylceramidesGlycolipidsHumansImmunologic MemoryImmunotherapy, ActiveAdjuvants, Immunologicalpha-galactosylceramideAntigensAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CD1dAntigens, NeoplasmBacterial VaccinesCancer VaccinesCD1D protein, humanCytokinesGalactosylceramidesGlycolipidsKRN 7000LigandsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

Identifiers

PMID24762075
PMCPMC4128316

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