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ReviewJournal of pharmaceutical sciences2016

The Density Code for the Development of a Vaccine?

Wei Cheng

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Review in Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 30 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei ChengDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Electronic address: chengwe@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Single Cell with One Particle Entry (SCOPE) for Study of HIV InfectionDP2OD008693 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHENG, WEI · 2011 to 2012
$2.5M
NIH HHS DP2 OD008693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of prophylactic vaccines remains largely empirical in nature and rarely have general rules been applied in the strategic decision and the formulation of a viral vaccine. Currently, there are a total of 15 virus agents from 12 unique virus families with vaccines licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Extensive structural information on these viral particles and potential mechanisms of protection are available for the majority of these virus pathogens and their respective vaccines. Here I review the quantitative features of these viral surface antigens in relation to the molecular mechanisms of B-cell activation and point out a potential correlation between the density of immunogenic proteins displayed on the surface of the vaccine antigen carrier and the success of a vaccine. These features help us understand the humoral immunity induced by viral vaccines on a quantitative ground and re-emphasize the importance of antigen density on the activation of the immune system. Although the detailed mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain to be explored, it implies that both the size of antigen carriers and the density of immunogenic proteins displayed on these carriers are important parameters that may need to be optimized for the formulation of a vaccine.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, ViralB-LymphocytesDrug CompoundingDrug DiscoveryHumansImmunity, HumoralViral VaccinesVirus DiseasesAntigens, ViralViral VaccinesB-cell activationB-cell receptorimmune responseimmunologynanoparticlesparticulate antigenprotein densityvaccine deliveryvaccines

Identifiers

PMID27649885
PMCPMC5102155
OpenAlexW2518661608

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