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ArticlemBio2017

Rationally Designed TLR4 Ligands for Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery.

Kelsey A Gregg, Erin Harberts, Francesca M Gardner, Mark R Pelletier, Corinne Cayatte, Li Yu, Michael P McCarthy, Jason D Marshall, Robert K Ernst

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Article in mBio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelsey A GreggDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Erin HarbertsDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Francesca M GardnerDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Mark R PelletierDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Corinne CayatteVaccine Platform Group, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Li YuStatistical Sciences, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Michael P McCarthyVaccine Platform Group, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Jason D MarshallVaccine Platform Group, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Robert K ErnstDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA rkernst@umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Signaling Pathways in Innate ImmunityT32AI095190 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Stefanie N. Vogel · 2012 to 2026
$4.7M
Immunotherapeutic Potential of Modified Lipooligosaccharides and Lipid A'sR21AI101685 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ERNST, ROBERT K · 2013 to 2014
$411k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI101685NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI095190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjuvant properties of bacterial cell wall components like MPLA (monophosphoryl lipid A) are well described and have gained FDA approval for use in vaccines such as Cervarix. MPLA is the product of chemically modified lipooligosaccharide (LOS), altered to diminish toxic proinflammatory effects while retaining adequate immunogenicity. Despite the virtually unlimited number of potential sources among bacterial strains, the number of useable compounds within this promising class of adjuvants are few. We have developed bacterial enzymatic combinatorial chemistry (BECC) as a method to generate rationally designed, functionally diverse lipid A. BECC removes endogenous or introduces exogenous lipid A-modifying enzymes to bacteria, effectively reprogramming the lipid A biosynthetic pathway. In this study, BECC is applied within an avirulent strain of

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCell LineCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesCytokinesDendritic CellsEscherichia coliHumansImmunomodulationInterleukin-8Leukocytes, MononuclearLigandsLipid ALipopolysaccharidesMiceAdjuvants, ImmunologicCytokinesInterleukin-8LigandsLipid Alipid-linked oligosaccharidesLipopolysaccharidesmonophosphoryl lipid ANF-kappa BTLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 4Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaadjuvantsimmunomodulationinnate immunitylipid AlipopolysaccharidememeticTLR4Toll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID28487429
PMCPMC5424205
OpenAlexW2612082723

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