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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2017

TNF-receptor superfamily agonists as molecular adjuvants for cancer vaccines.

Timothy Nj Bullock

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Functional Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  2. Control of Memory Phenotype T Lymphocyte Homeostasis: Role of Costimulation.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2022
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy Nj BullockDepartment of Pathology and Human Immune Therapy Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: Tb5v@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Jay William FOX · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
BLIMP-1 mediated regulation of CD8+ TILR01CA166458 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BULLOCK, TIMOTHY N · 2013 to 2017
$2.9M
Strategies for Therapeutic Vaccination Against KSHVRC2CA148038 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BULLOCK, TIMOTHY N, KEDES, DEAN H · 2009 to 2010
$1.0M
CD70 mediated costimulation of T cell responsesR01CA115882 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI BULLOCK, TIMOTHY N. · 2005 to 2007
$722k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115882NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166458NCI NIH HHS RC2 CA148038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer vaccines have offered unrequited hope as a mechanism for rapidly and potently eliciting a patient's immune system to counter tumors. Initial results from preclinical mouse models have not translated to substantial benefit to patients, suggesting that either the targets or the vaccination approach were inadequate. Recent innovations in antigen identification have spiked renewed interest vaccination technologies. This has coincided with a detailed molecular understanding of the coordinated steps in postactivation support of T cell proliferation, differentiation and survival, leading to the development of novel targets and combinations that are substantially more effective than first and second generation cancer vaccines in preclinical models. Within this cluster of developments, the TNF-receptor superfamily members have emerged as attractive candidates for clinical implementation. Here we review recent developments in the mechanisms of action of TNFRSF agonists, and how their activity is potentiated by integration co-targeting pattern recognition receptors.

Indexed as

VaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCancer VaccinesDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancer VaccinesReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor

Identifiers

PMID28750279
PMCPMC5626616
OpenAlexW2738637741

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Registered trials

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