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ReviewJournal of immunology research2015

RNA-Based Vaccines in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Megan A McNamara, Smita K Nair, Eda K Holl

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
126citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

126 citing papers in PubMed, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

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66 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan A McNamaraDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Smita K NairDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Eda K HollDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA vaccines traditionally consist of messenger RNA synthesized by in vitro transcription using a bacteriophage RNA polymerase and template DNA that encodes the antigen(s) of interest. Once administered and internalized by host cells, the mRNA transcripts are translated directly in the cytoplasm and then the resulting antigens are presented to antigen presenting cells to stimulate an immune response. Alternatively, dendritic cells can be loaded with either tumor associated antigen mRNA or total tumor RNA and delivered to the host to elicit a specific immune response. In this review, we will explain why RNA vaccines represent an attractive platform for cancer immunotherapy, discuss modifications to RNA structure that have been developed to optimize mRNA vaccine stability and translational efficiency, and describe strategies for nonviral delivery of mRNA vaccines, highlighting key preclinical and clinical data related to cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLymphocyte ActivationNeoplasmsRNA, MessengerAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID26665011
PMCPMC4668311
OpenAlexW2221797292

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