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ReviewVaccine2014

Clinical evaluation of CpG oligonucleotides as adjuvants for vaccines targeting infectious diseases and cancer.

Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M Klinman

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 171 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
171citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

171 citing papers in PubMed, 318 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Randomized First-in-Human Study With UB-312, a UBITh® α-Synuclein Peptide Vaccine.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2022
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  7. Vaccine Adjuvants and Delivery Systems: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Designing nucleic acid-based therapeutics for cancer treatment: Updates on the state of the art.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  17. Structural immunotherapy: Harnessing chemical design to build powerful next-generation therapeutics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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111 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Julia ScheiermannCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick MD 21702, United States.
Dennis M KlinmanCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick MD 21702, United States. Electronic address: klinmand@mail.nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · US

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
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010852
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic oligonucleotides (ODN) that express unmethylated "CpG motifs" trigger cells that express Toll-like receptor 9. In humans this includes plasmacytoid dendritic cells and B cells. CpG ODN induce an innate immune response characterized by the production of Th1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Their utility as vaccine adjuvants was evaluated in a number of clinical trials. Results indicate that CpG ODN improve antigen presentation and the generation of vaccine-specific cellular and humoral responses. This work provides an up-to-date overview of the utility of CpG ODN as adjuvants for vaccines targeting infectious agents and cancer.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicB-LymphocytesCancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicCytokinesDendritic CellsHumansImmunity, InnateOligodeoxyribonucleotidesSignal TransductionTh1 CellsToll-Like Receptor 9VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancer VaccinesCPG-oligonucleotideCytokinesOligodeoxyribonucleotidesTLR9 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 9VaccinesAdjuvantCancerCpG olignucleotideInfectionToll-like receptor

Identifiers

PMID24975812
PMCPMC4252359
OpenAlexW2055456476

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