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ReviewVaccines2015

CpG Oligonucleotides as Cancer Vaccine Adjuvants.

Hidekazu Shirota, Debra Tross, Dennis M Klinman

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  12. The future of cancer immunotherapy: DNA vaccines leading the way.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023
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  15. Antitumor efficacy of multi-targetJournal of biomedical research · 2022
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  16. Post-genomic platform for development of oligonucleotide vaccines against RNA viruses: diamond cuts diamond.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2022
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4 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hidekazu ShirotaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. Shirota@idac.tohoku.ac.jp.
Debra TrossCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Trossd@mail.nih.gov.
Dennis M KlinmanCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. klinmand@mail.nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USTohoku University Hospital · 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
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjuvants improve host responsiveness to co-delivered vaccines through a variety of mechanisms. Agents that trigger cells expressing Toll-like receptors (TLR) activate an innate immune response that enhances the induction of vaccine-specific immunity. When administered in combination with vaccines designed to prevent or slow tumor growth, TLR agonists have significantly improved the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Unfortunately, vaccines containing TLR agonists have rarely been able to eliminate large established tumors when administered systemically. To improve efficacy, attention has focused on delivering TLR agonists intra-tumorally with the intent of altering the tumor microenvironment. Agonists targeting TLRs 7/8 or 9 can reduce the frequency of Tregs while causing immunosuppressive MDSC in the tumor bed to differentiate into tumoricidal macrophages thereby enhancing tumor elimination. This work reviews pre-clinical and clinical studies concerning the utility of TLR 7/8/9 agonists as adjuvants for tumor vaccines.

Indexed as

cancerCpGTLRvaccine

Identifiers

PMID26343193
PMCPMC4494345
OpenAlexW1507541460

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