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ReviewExpert opinion on drug discovery2021

Combining therapeutic vaccines with chemo- and immunotherapies in the treatment of cancer.

Matthew D Kerr, David A McBride, Arun K Chumber, Nisarg J Shah

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Review in Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Peptide vaccine formulations with structurally distinct STING agonist drugamers induce discrete, efficacious antitumor responses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Biodegradable scaffolds for enhancing vaccine delivery.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew D KerrDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California , San Diego, CA, USA.
David A McBrideDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California , San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7695-5178
Arun K ChumberDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California , San Diego, CA, USA.
Nisarg J ShahDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California , San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1727-5732
University of California System · US

Funding

Rheumatic Diseases Research Training GrantT32AR064194 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GARY S FIRESTEIN, Monica Guma · 2013 to 2026
$3.8M
Cancer Researchers in Nanotechnology (CRIN)T32CA153915 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KUMMEL, ANDREW CLYDE, ZHANG, DONG-ER · 2017 to 2021
$994k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA153915NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR064194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBreakthroughs in cancer immunotherapy have spurred interest in the development of vaccines to mediate prophylactic protection and therapeutic efficacy against primary tumors or to prevent relapse. However, immunosuppressive mechanisms employed by cancer cells to generate effective resistance have hampered clinical translation of therapeutic cancer vaccines. To enhance vaccine efficacy, the immunomodulatory properties of cytoreductive therapies could amplify a cancer-specific immune response. AREAS COVERED: Herein, the authors discuss therapeutic cancer vaccines that harness whole cells and antigen-targeted vaccines. First, recent advancements in both autologous and allogeneic whole-cell vaccines and combinations with checkpoint blockade and chemotherapy are reviewed. Next, tumor antigen-targeted vaccines using peptide-based vaccines and DNA-vaccines are discussed. Finally, combination therapies using antigen-targeted vaccines are reviewed. EXPERT OPINION: A deeper understanding of the immunostimulatory properties of cytoreductive therapies has supported their utility in combination therapies involving cancer vaccines as a potential strategy to induce a durable anti-tumor immune response for multiple types of cancers. Based on current evidence, combination therapies may have synergies that depend on the identity of the cytotoxic agent, vaccine target, dosing schedule, and cancer type. Together, these observations suggest that combining cancer vaccines with immunomodulatory cytoreductive therapy is a promising strategy for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsCancer VaccinesCombined Modality TherapyHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsCancer VaccinesCancer vaccinechemotherapydrug deliveryimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID32867561
PMCPMC7785654
OpenAlexW3082434353

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