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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2015

B Cells and Functional Antibody Responses to Combat Influenza.

Giuseppe Lofano, Arun Kumar, Oretta Finco, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Sylvie Bertholet

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Giuseppe LofanoResearch Center, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. (a GSK Company) , Siena , Italy ; Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
Arun KumarResearch Center, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. (a GSK Company) , Siena , Italy.
Oretta FincoResearch Center, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. (a GSK Company) , Siena , Italy.
Giuseppe Del GiudiceResearch Center, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. (a GSK Company) , Siena , Italy.
Sylvie BertholetResearch Center, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. (a GSK Company) , Siena , Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination against influenza is the most effective way to protect the population. Current vaccines provide protection by stimulating functional B- and T-cell responses; however, they are poorly immunogenic in particular segments of the population and need to be reformulated almost every year due to the genetic instability of the virus. Next-generation influenza vaccines should be designed to induce cross-reactivity, confer protection against pandemic outbreaks, and promote long-lasting immune responses among individuals at higher risk of infection. Multiple strategies are being developed for the induction of broad functional humoral immunity, including the use of adjuvants, heterologous prime-boost strategies, and epitope-based antigen design. The basic approach is to mimic natural responses to influenza virus infection by promoting cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies that directly prevent the infection. This review provides an overview of the mechanisms underlying humoral responses to influenza vaccination or natural infection, and discusses promising strategies to control influenza virus.

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functional antibody responseshemagglutinininfluenzaneutralizing antibodiesuniversal influenza vaccinevaccination strategies

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PMID26175732
PMCPMC4485180

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