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ReviewImmunobiology

Applications of chemokines as adjuvants for vaccine immunotherapy.

Teena Mohan, Wandi Zhu, Ye Wang, Bao-Zhong Wang

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Review in Immunobiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 49 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teena MohanCenter for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Wandi ZhuCenter for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Ye WangCenter for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Bao-Zhong WangCenter for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, 100 Piedmont Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Electronic address: bwang23@gsu.edu.
Georgia State University · US

Funding

Novel Influenza nano vaccines for broad cross protectionR01AI101047 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2012 to 2023
$6.1M
Novel vaccine to enhance breadth of influenza immunity by skin vaccinationR01AI116835 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2015 to 2018
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101047NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccinations are expected to aid in building immunity against pathogens. This objective often requires the addition of an adjuvant with certain vaccine formulations containing weakly immunogenic antigens. Adjuvants can improve antigen processing, presentation, and recognition, thereby improving the immunogenicity of a vaccine by simulating and eliciting an immune response. Chemokines are a group of small chemoattractant proteins that are essential regulators of the immune system. They are involved in almost every aspect of tumorigenesis, antitumor immunity, and antimicrobial activity and also play a critical role in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. More recently, chemokines have been used as vaccine adjuvants due to their ability to modulate lymphocyte development, priming and effector functions, and enhance protective immunity. Chemokines that are produced naturally by the body's own immune system could serve as potentially safer and more reliable adjuvant options versus synthetic adjuvants. This review will primarily focus on chemokines and their immunomodulatory activities against various infectious diseases and cancers.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicCell DifferentiationChemokinesCommunicable DiseasesHumansImmunomodulationImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationNeoplasmsVaccinationVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicChemokinesVaccinesAdjuvantsChemokinesCytokinesImmune responsesVaccination

Identifiers

PMID29246401
PMCPMC5894355
OpenAlexW2773609347

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