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ReviewMonoclonal antibodies in immunodiagnosis and immunotherapy2014

Nanotechnology-based approaches for the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

Alagarsamy Srinivasan, Anshu Rastogi, Velpandi Ayyavoo, Shiv Srivastava

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Review in Monoclonal antibodies in immunodiagnosis and immunotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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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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

3 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

4 authors.

Alagarsamy Srinivasan1 Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland.
Anshu Rastogi
Velpandi Ayyavoo
Shiv Srivastava

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The architecture of nanoparticles of biological origin, generally also known as bionanoparticles, presents several features that are ideal for their use in developing diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. In this regard, particles formed by viral proteins using recombinant DNA technology resemble authentic virus particles. However, they lack infectivity due to the absence of genetic components such as DNA or RNA. Hence, they are designated as virus-like particles (VLP). VLPs possess the following characteristics: (1) they can be generated by either a single or a few viral proteins; (2) their size, formed by viral proteins, is in the range of 20 to100 nm; (3) the number of protein molecules required for particle assembly is from hundreds to thousands, depending on the VLP; (4) the protein(s) responsible for their assembly are amenable for manipulation; and (5) multiple proteins/peptides can be incorporated into a VLP. The potential advantages of VLPs directed by retroviral proteins are discussed in this review.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesNanotechnologyPathology, MolecularTherapeuticsVaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleVaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

Identifiers

PMID24937250
PMCPMC4063366

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