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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2018

Virus-like particle vaccines: immunology and formulation for clinical translation.

Braeden Donaldson, Zabeen Lateef, Greg F Walker, Sarah L Young, Vernon K Ward

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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 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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94citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

5 authors.

Braeden Donaldsona Department of Microbiology and Immunology , School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-2613-1669
Zabeen Lateefc Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology , School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.
Greg F Walkerd School of Pharmacy , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.
Sarah L Youngb Department of Pathology , Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.
Vernon K Warda Department of Microbiology and Immunology , School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8692-5116

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVirus-like particle (VLP) vaccines face significant challenges in their translation from laboratory models, to routine clinical administration. While some VLP vaccines thrive and are readily adopted into the vaccination schedule, others are restrained by regulatory obstacles, proprietary limitations, or finding their niche amongst the crowded vaccine market. Often the necessity to supplant an existing vaccination regimen possesses an immediate obstacle for the development of a VLP vaccine, despite any preclinical advantages identified over the competition. Novelty, adaptability and formulation compatibility may prove invaluable in helping place VLP vaccines at the forefront of vaccination technology. AREAS COVERED: The purpose of this review is to outline the diversity of VLP vaccines, VLP-specific immune responses, and to explore how modern formulation and delivery techniques can enhance the clinical relevance and overall success of VLP vaccines. EXPERT COMMENTARY: The role of formation science, with an emphasis on the diversity of immune responses induced by VLP, is underrepresented amongst clinical trials for VLP vaccines. Harnessing such diversity, particularly through the use of combinations of select excipients and adjuvants, will be paramount in the development of VLP vaccines.

Indexed as

VaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsExcipientsHumansImmunogenicity, VaccineTranslational Research, BiomedicalVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAdjuvants, ImmunologicExcipientsVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleClinical translationformulationimmunologyvaccinevirus-like particleVLP

Identifiers

PMID30173619
PMCPMC7103734

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