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ReviewPediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2018

DNA and mRNA vaccination against allergies.

Sandra Scheiblhofer, Josef Thalhamer, Richard Weiss

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Review in Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Messenger RNA vaccines in the prevention of allergic diseases.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025
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  7. Allergen immunotherapy: past, present and future.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2023
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  8. New approaches to immunotherapy in house dust mite allergy.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2023
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  12. Principles in Immunology for the Design and Development of Vaccines.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  17. B cells and food allergy.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2021
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  20. mRNA-Based Vaccines.Vaccines · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sandra ScheiblhoferDepartment of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Josef ThalhamerDepartment of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Richard WeissDepartment of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3185-7253

Funding

Austrian Science Fund W 1213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergen-specific immunotherapy, which is performed by subcutaneous injection or sublingual application of allergen extracts, represents an effective treatment against type I allergic diseases. However, due to the long duration and adverse reactions, only a minority of patients decides to undergo this treatment. Alternatively, early prophylactic intervention in young children has been proposed to stop the increase in patient numbers. Plasmid DNA and mRNA vaccines encoding allergens have been shown to induce T helper 1 as well as T regulatory responses, which modulate or counteract allergic T helper 2-biased reactions. With regard to prophylactic immunization, additional safety measurements are required. In contrast to crude extracts, genetic vaccines provide the allergen at high purity. Moreover, by targeting the encoded allergen to subcellular compartments for degradation, release of native allergen can be avoided. Due to inherent safety features, mRNA vaccines could be the candidates of choice for preventive allergy immunizations. The subtle priming of T helper 1 immunity induced by this vaccine type closely resembles responses of non-allergic individuals and-by boosting via natural allergen exposure-could suffice for long-term protection from type I allergy.

Indexed as

AllergensAnimalsDesensitization, ImmunologicHumansHypersensitivityRNA, MessengerVaccinationVaccines, DNAAllergensRNA, MessengerVaccines, DNAallergyDNA vaccinesgenetic vaccineshealthy responsesmRNA vaccinesnatural protectionpreventiontherapy

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PMID30063806
PMCPMC6283005

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