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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2018

Virus-Like Particles as Carrier Systems to Enhance Immunomodulation in Allergen Immunotherapy.

Martina Anzaghe, Stefan Schülke, Stephan Scheurer

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Next-Generation Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy for Food Allergy.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025
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  8. [Recombinant allergens, peptides, and virus-like particles for allergy immunotherapy].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2020
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martina AnzagheProduct Testing of Immunological Biomedicines, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Stefan SchülkeSection Molecular Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich Str. 51-59, D-63225, Langen, Germany.
Stephan ScheurerSection Molecular Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich Str. 51-59, D-63225, Langen, Germany. Stephan.Scheurer@pei.de.
Paul Ehrlich Institut · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewUtilization of virus-like particles (VLPs) is considered to improve allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT). AIT aims at the efficient uptake of the target allergen by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) subsequently inducing adaptive allergen-specific immune responses to induce tolerance. The purpose of this review is to describe the immune-modulating properties of VLPs per se and to summarize the application of VLPs as antigen carriers, preferably for Th2 cytokines or allergens, with and without simultaneous administration of adjuvants in order to modulate allergic immune responses. RECENT

findingsCurrently, a broad variety of approaches considering the origin of the VLPs, the choice of the adjuvant and antigen, and the coupling of the antigen are under preclinical investigation. The data provide evidence that VLPs used as carrier for antigens/allergens strongly increase antigen immunogenicity, and might be suitable to prevent allergies. However, systematic studies in mice showing the immunological mechanism and data from clinical studies are scarce.

Indexed as

Desensitization, ImmunologicVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAllergensAnimalsHumansHypersensitivityAllergensVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAllergen carrierDelivery systemModular vaccinesProtein transfer vectorVirus-like particles

Identifiers

PMID30362017
OpenAlexW2898271048

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