Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28794134›Full record

ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2017

mRNA mediates passive vaccination against infectious agents, toxins, and tumors.

Moritz Thran, Jean Mukherjee, Marion Pönisch, Katja Fiedler, Andreas Thess, Barbara L Mui, Michael J Hope, Ying K Tam, Nigel Horscroft, Regina Heidenreich and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
113citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 167 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Bacterial Infections: A Broad Review of the Field.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Genes & diseases · 2025
    Review
  11. Review
  12. Rational design of lipid nanoparticles for enabling gene therapies.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
    Review
  13. Article
  14. Nebulization of an mRNA-encoded monoclonal antibody for passive immunization of foals against Rhodococcus equi.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Research progress of mosquito-borne virus mRNA vaccines.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
    Review
  18. Review
  19. Review
  20. Review

53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Moritz ThranCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Jean MukherjeeDepartment of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA, USA.
Marion PönischCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Katja FiedlerCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Andreas ThessCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Barbara L MuiAcuitas Therapeutics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Michael J HopeAcuitas Therapeutics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Ying K TamAcuitas Therapeutics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Nigel HorscroftCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Regina HeidenreichCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Mariola Fotin-MleczekCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Charles B ShoemakerDepartment of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA, USA.
Thomas SchlakeCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany thomas.schlake@curevac.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6292-4055
CureVac (Germany) · DEAcuitas Therapeutics (Canada) · CANew England Disabled Sports · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The delivery of genetic information has emerged as a valid therapeutic approach. Various reports have demonstrated that mRNA, besides its remarkable potential as vaccine, can also promote expression without inducing an adverse immune response against the encoded protein. In the current study, we set out to explore whether our technology based on chemically unmodified mRNA is suitable for passive immunization. To this end, various antibodies using different designs were expressed and characterized

Indexed as

Post-Exposure ProphylaxisAnimalsAntibodies, ViralBotulinum AntitoxinBotulismDose-Response Relationship, ImmunologicFemaleHumansImmunization, PassiveMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNanoparticlesRabiesRabies VaccinesRabies virusRNA, MessengerAntibodies, ViralBotulinum AntitoxinRabies VaccinesRNA, Messengerantibodylipid nanoparticlemessenger RNAmousepassive immunization

Identifiers

PMID28794134
PMCPMC5623855
OpenAlexW2742522266

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.