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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles at a Crossroads of Vaccines and Immunotherapies.

Marina A Dobrovolskaia

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

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  13. Use of Protamine in Nanopharmaceuticals-A Review.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Marina A DobrovolskaiaNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4233-9227

Funding

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHSN261200800001E and 75N91019D00024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines and immunotherapies involve a variety of technologies and act through different mechanisms to achieve a common goal, which is to optimize the immune response against an antigen. The antigen could be a molecule expressed on a pathogen (e.g., a disease-causing bacterium, a virus or another microorganism), abnormal or damaged host cells (e.g., cancer cells), environmental agent (e.g., nicotine from a tobacco smoke), or an allergen (e.g., pollen or food protein). Immunogenic vaccines and therapies optimize the immune response to improve the eradication of the pathogen or damaged cells. In contrast, tolerogenic vaccines and therapies retrain or blunt the immune response to antigens, which are recognized by the immune system as harmful to the host. To optimize the immune response to either improve the immunogenicity or induce tolerance, researchers employ different routes of administration, antigen-delivery systems, and adjuvants. Nanocarriers and adjuvants are of particular interest to the fields of vaccines and immunotherapy as they allow for targeted delivery of the antigens and direct the immune response against these antigens in desirable direction (i.e., to either enhance immunogenicity or induce tolerance). Recently, nanoparticles gained particular attention as antigen carriers and adjuvants. This review focuses on a particular subclass of nanoparticles, which are made of nucleic acids, so-called nucleic acid nanoparticles or NANPs. Immunological properties of these novel materials and considerations for their clinical translation are discussed.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyNanoparticlesNucleic AcidsTheranostic NanomedicineVaccines, DNAAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansNanotechnologyTranslational Research, BiomedicalAdjuvants, ImmunologicNucleic AcidsVaccines, DNAadjuvantsantibodyantigen-presenting cellsimmunotherapyimmunotoxicityin vitroin vivonanoparticlesnanotechnologypreclinicalsafetytranslationvaccines

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PMID31861154
PMCPMC6943637

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