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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2016

Factors contributing to the immunogenicity of meningococcal conjugate vaccines.

Michael Bröker, Francesco Berti, Paolo Costantino

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael Brökera GSK Vaccines GmbH , Marburg , Germany.
Francesco Bertib GSK Vaccines , Siena , Italy.
Paolo Costantinob GSK Vaccines , Siena , Italy.
Toscana Life Sciences · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various glycoprotein conjugate vaccines have been developed for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease, having significant advantages over pure polysaccharide vaccines. One of the most important features of the conjugate vaccines is the induction of a T-cell dependent immune response, which enables both the induction of immune memory and a booster response after repeated immunization. The nature of the carrier protein to which the polysaccharides are chemically linked, is often regarded as the main component of the vaccine in determining its immunogenicity. However, other factors can have a significant impact on the vaccine's profile. In this review, we explore the physico-chemical properties of meningococcal conjugate vaccines, which can significantly contribute to the vaccine's immunogenicity. We demonstrate that the carrier is not the sole determining factor of the vaccine's profile, but, moreover, that the conjugate vaccine's immunogenicity is the result of multiple physico-chemical structures and characteristics.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCarrier ProteinsChemical PhenomenaHumansMeningococcal VaccinesVaccines, ConjugateAdjuvants, ImmunologicCarrier ProteinsMeningococcal VaccinesVaccines, Conjugatecarrier proteinglycoprotein conjugate vaccineimmunogenicityinvasive meningococcal diseasepolysaccharidevaccine formulation

Identifiers

PMID26934310
PMCPMC4964817
OpenAlexW2329617197

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