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ReviewBMC immunology2018

In silico prediction of cancer immunogens: current state of the art.

Irini A Doytchinova, Darren R Flower

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Review in BMC immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Tumor-Derived Antigenic Peptides as Potential Cancer Vaccines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  4. The CD4Immunity · 2022
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Computational tools for modern vaccine development.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020
    Review
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

2 authors.

Irini A DoytchinovaFaculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, 2 Dunav st, 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Darren R FlowerSchool of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK. d.r.flower@aston.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer kills 8 million annually worldwide. Although survival rates in prevalent cancers continue to increase, many cancers have no effective treatment, prompting the search for new and improved protocols. Immunotherapy is a new and exciting addition to the anti-cancer arsenal. The successful and accurate identification of aberrant host proteins acting as antigens for vaccination and immunotherapy is a key aspiration for both experimental and computational research. Here we describe key elements of in silico prediction, including databases of cancer antigens and bleeding-edge methodology for their prediction. We also highlight the role dendritic cell vaccines can play and how they can act as delivery mechanisms for epitope ensemble vaccines. Immunoinformatics can help streamline the discovery and utility of Cancer Immunogens.

Indexed as

Computer SimulationAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicComputational BiologyDendritic CellsHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesImmunologic FactorsCancer immunogensDatabases of cancer immunogensDendritic cell-based vaccinesMulti-epitope vaccinesPrediction of cancer immunogens

Identifiers

PMID29544447
PMCPMC5856276

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