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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2018

Future of human Chlamydia vaccine: potential of self-adjuvanting biodegradable nanoparticles as safe vaccine delivery vehicles.

Rajnish Sahu, Richa Verma, Saurabh Dixit, Joseph U Igietseme, Carolyn M Black, Skyla Duncan, Shree R Singh, Vida A Dennis

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rajnish Sahua Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Richa Vermaa Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Saurabh Dixita Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Joseph U Igietsemeb National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases , Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Carolyn M Blackb National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases , Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Skyla Duncana Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Shree R Singha Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Vida A Dennisa Department of Biological Sciences , Alabama State University , Montgomery , AL , USA.
Alabama State University · USNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND PROSTATE CANCERG12RR003034 · NCRR · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI LIU, DONG · 1986 to 2011
$32.4M
Vascular Cell Apoptosis: Mediator Role of Transforming Growth Factor-beta-1S06GM008248 · NIGMS · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI YANG, QINGLIN · 1989 to 2009
$19.8M
LYMPHOEPITHELIAL INTERACTION DURING CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONR01AI041231 · NIAID · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI EKO, FRANCIS O. · 1996 to 2014
$3.8M
Mechanisms and protective efficacy of nanovaccines against Chlamydia trachomatisR21AI111159 · NIAID · ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DENNIS, VIDA A · 2014 to 2015
$341k
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003034NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI041231NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI111159NIGMS NIH HHS S06 GM008248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is a persisting global burden and considerable public health challenge by the plethora of ocular, genital and respiratory diseases caused by members of the Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Chlamydia. The major diseases are conjunctivitis and blinding trachoma, non-gonococcal urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, tubal factor infertility, and interstitial pneumonia. The failures in screening and other prevention programs led to the current medical opinion that an efficacious prophylactic vaccine is the best approach to protect humans from chlamydial infections. Unfortunately, there is no human Chlamydia vaccine despite successful veterinary vaccines. A major challenge has been the effective delivery of vaccine antigens to induce safe and effective immune effectors to confer long-term protective immunity. The dawn of the era of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles and the adjuvanted derivatives may accelerate the realization of the dream of human vaccine in the foreseeable future. AREAS COVERED: This review focuses on the current status of human chlamydial vaccine research, specifically the potential of biodegradable polymeric nanovaccines to provide efficacious Chlamydia vaccines in the near future. EXPERT COMMENTARY: The safety of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles-based experimental vaccines with or without adjuvants and the array of available chlamydial vaccine candidates would suggest that clinical trials in humans may be imminent. Also, the promising results from vaccine testing in animal models could lead to human vaccines against trachoma and reproductive diseases simultaneously.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsBacterial VaccinesChlamydia InfectionsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansNanoparticlesPolymersAdjuvants, ImmunologicBacterial VaccinesPolymersbiodegradable polymeric nanoparticlesChlamydiaimmunitynanovaccinesvaccines

Identifiers

PMID29382248
PMCPMC6330895
OpenAlexW2789530837

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