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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Microphysiologic Human Tissue Constructs Reproduce Autologous Age-Specific BCG and HBV Primary Immunization

Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz, Chad R Stevens, Ian A Bettencourt, Peter J Flynn, Klaus Schmitz-Abe, Gil Metser, David Hamm, Kristoffer J Jensen, Christine Benn, Ofer Levy

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Guzman Sanchez-SchmitzDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Chad R StevensDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Ian A BettencourtDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Peter J FlynnDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Klaus Schmitz-AbePrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Gil MetserDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
David HammAdaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, WA, United States.
Kristoffer J JensenResearch Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christine BennResearch Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ofer LevyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Boston Children's Hospital · USAdaptive Biotechnologies (United States) · USBandim Health Project · GWBroad Institute · USHarvard University · USStatens Serum Institut · DK

Funding

Transcriptomics to define biomarkers of neonatal vaccine immunogenicityU19AI118608 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEVY, OFER · 2017 to 2021
$24.7M
Dissecting the mechanism of age-specific adjuvant synergy in vitro and in vivoU01AI124284 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEVY, OFER · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
Modeling distinct neonatal purine metabolism to inform vaccine developmentR01AI100135 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEVY, OFER · 2012 to 2016
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI100135NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI124284NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI118608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current vaccine development disregards human immune ontogeny, relying on animal models to select vaccine candidates targeting human infants, who are at greatest risk of infection worldwide, and receive the largest number of vaccines. To help accelerate and de-risk development of early-life effective immunization, we engineered a human age-specific microphysiologic vascular-interstitial interphase, suitable for pre-clinical modeling of distinct age-targeted immunity

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdultAgingBCG VaccineCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDendritic CellsFemaleHepatitis B VaccinesHumansImmunizationImmunologic MemoryInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMonocytesTissue Culture TechniquesAdjuvants, ImmunologicBCG VaccineHepatitis B Vaccinesautologousimmunizationmicrophysiologymodelnewborntissue engineeringvaccine

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PMID30524426
PMCPMC6256288
OpenAlexW2901229523

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