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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Designs of Antigen Structure and Composition for Improved Protein-Based Vaccine Efficacy.

Kyle Saylor, Frank Gillam, Taylor Lohneis, Chenming Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 87 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kyle SaylorDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Frank GillamDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Taylor LohneisDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Chenming ZhangDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Virginia Tech · USGlaxoSmithKline (United States) · US

Funding

Novel nanovaccines against opioid use disordersUG3DA048775 · NIDA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI PRAVETONI, MARCO, ZHANG, CHENMING M · 2019 to 2020
$3.1M
Novel Nanovaccines Against Nicotine AddictionU01DA036850 · NIDA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI ZHANG, CHENMING M · 2014 to 2016
$2.3M
Development of novel vaccines against drug abuse - Proof of concept study for vacR21DA030083 · NIDA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI ZHANG, CHENMING M · 2011 to 2012
$385k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA030083NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA036850NIDA NIH HHS UG3 DA048775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Today, vaccinologists have come to understand that the hallmark of any protective immune response is the antigen. However, it is not the whole antigen that dictates the immune response, but rather the various parts comprising the whole that are capable of influencing immunogenicity. Protein-based antigens hold particular importance within this structural approach to understanding immunity because, though different molecules can serve as antigens, only proteins are capable of inducing both cellular and humoral immunity. This fact, coupled with the versatility and customizability of proteins when considering vaccine design applications, makes protein-based vaccines (PBVs) one of today's most promising technologies for artificially inducing immunity. In this review, we follow the development of PBV technologies through time and discuss the antigen-specific receptors that are most critical to any immune response: pattern recognition receptors, B cell receptors, and T cell receptors. Knowledge of these receptors and their ligands has become exceptionally valuable in the field of vaccinology, where today it is possible to make drastic modifications to PBV structure, from primary to quaternary, in order to promote recognition of target epitopes, potentiate vaccine immunogenicity, and prevent antigen-associated complications. Additionally, these modifications have made it possible to control immune responses by modulating stability and targeting PBV to key immune cells. Consequently, careful consideration should be given to protein structure when designing PBVs in the future in order to potentiate PBV efficacy.

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AnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigensHumansImmunity, InnateImmunogenicity, VaccineLymphocyte ActivationNeoplasmsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellVaccinesVaccines, SyntheticAntigensPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellVaccinesVaccines, Syntheticantigenepitopeimmunitymodificationvaccinevaccine compositionvaccine structure

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PMID32153587
PMCPMC7050619
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