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ReviewVaccines2015

The Use of Synthetic Carriers in Malaria Vaccine Design.

Liam Powles, Sue D Xiang, Cordelia Selomulya, Magdalena Plebanski

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Review in Vaccines, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 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.

Liam PowlesDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. liam.powles@monash.edu.
Sue D XiangDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. sue.xiang@monash.edu.
Cordelia SelomulyaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. cordelia.selomulya@monash.edu.
Magdalena PlebanskiDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. magdalena.plebanski@monash.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria vaccine research has been ongoing since the 1980s with limited success. However, recent improvements in our understanding of the immune responses required to combat each stage of infection will allow for intelligent design of both antigens and their associated delivery vaccine vehicles/vectors. Synthetic carriers (also known as vectors) are usually particulate and have multiple properties, which can be varied to control how an associated vaccine interacts with the host, and consequently how the immune response develops. This review comprehensively analyzes both historical and recent studies in which synthetic carriers are used to deliver malaria vaccines. Furthermore, the requirements for a synthetic carrier, such as size, charge, and surface chemistry are reviewed in order to understand the design of effective particle-based vaccines against malaria, as well as providing general insights. Synthetic carriers have the ability to alter and direct the immune response, and a better control of particle properties will facilitate improved vaccine design in the near future.

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malariananoparticlesparticlespropertiessyntheticvaccinevector

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PMID26529028
PMCPMC4693224

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