Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28185916›Full record

ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2017

DNA vaccines for prostate cancer.

Christopher D Zahm, Viswa Teja Colluru, Douglas G McNeel

Abstract readReview
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Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The progress of tumor vaccines clinical trials in non-small cell lung cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  11. Emerging Immunotherapy Approaches for Treating Prostate Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
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  13. Advances in cancer vaccines for immunotherapy of prostate cancer.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023
    Article
  14. Transdermal delivery for gene therapy.Drug delivery and translational research · 2022
    Review
  15. Two bicistronic DNA vaccines againstJournal of oceanology and limnology · 2022
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  16. TGM4: an immunogenic prostate-restricted antigen.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2021
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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 1 country.

Christopher D ZahmCarbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, United States.
Viswa Teja ColluruCarbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, United States.
Douglas G McNeelCarbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, United States. Electronic address: dm3@medicine.wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Christian Capitini · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Tumor DevelopmentT32CA157322 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ALEXANDER, CAROLINE M · 2011 to 2017
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS T32 CA157322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA vaccines offer many advantages over other anti-tumor vaccine approaches due to their simplicity, ease of manufacturing, and safety. Results from several clinical trials in patients with cancer have demonstrated that DNA vaccines are safe and can elicit immune responses. However, to date few DNA vaccines have progressed beyond phase I clinical trial evaluation. Studies into the mechanism of action of DNA vaccines in terms of antigen-presenting cell types able to directly present or cross-present DNA-encoded antigens, and the activation of innate immune responses due to DNA itself, have suggested opportunities to increase the immunogenicity of these vaccines. In addition, studies into the mechanisms of tumor resistance to anti-tumor vaccination have suggested combination approaches that can increase the anti-tumor effect of DNA vaccines. This review focuses on these mechanisms of action and mechanisms of resistance using DNA vaccines, and how this information is being used to improve the anti-tumor effect of DNA vaccines. These approaches are then specifically discussed in the context of human prostate cancer, a disease for which DNA vaccines have been and continue to be explored as treatments.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsCancer VaccinesHumansImmunity, InnateMaleProstatic NeoplasmsTreatment FailureTreatment OutcomeVaccines, DNACancer VaccinesVaccines, DNADNA vaccinesImmunotherapyMechanism of actionProstate cancer

Identifiers

PMID28185916
PMCPMC5429198
OpenAlexW2587055344

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