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ReviewGene therapy2021

Self-amplifying RNA vaccines for infectious diseases.

Kristie Bloom, Fiona van den Berg, Patrick Arbuthnot

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Review in Gene therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 289 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
289citing papers in PubMed
18.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

289 citing papers in PubMed, 456 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Development of mRNA vaccines against herpes zoster.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026
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  7. Towards mRNA therapeutics 2.0.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  14. An RNA-to-RNA pipeline for rapid antiviral antibody development.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  16. mRNA Vaccines for Influenza: Hope for a Universal Vaccine?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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229 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Kristie BloomWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa. Kristie.bloom@wits.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-7720
Fiona van den BergWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6903
Patrick ArbuthnotWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa.
South African Medical Research Council · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation (NRF) 118022National Research Foundation (NRF) 120383Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (PRF) 18/01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccinology is shifting toward synthetic RNA platforms which allow for rapid, scalable, and cell-free manufacturing of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The simple development pipeline is based on in vitro transcription of antigen-encoding sequences or immunotherapies as synthetic RNA transcripts, which are then formulated for delivery. This approach may enable a quicker response to emerging disease outbreaks, as is evident from the swift pursuit of RNA vaccine candidates for the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Both conventional and self-amplifying RNAs have shown protective immunization in preclinical studies against multiple infectious diseases including influenza, RSV, Rabies, Ebola, and HIV-1. Self-amplifying RNAs have shown enhanced antigen expression at lower doses compared to conventional mRNA, suggesting this technology may improve immunization. This review will explore how self-amplifying RNAs are emerging as important vaccine candidates for infectious diseases, the advantages of synthetic manufacturing approaches, and their potential for preventing and treating chronic infections.

Indexed as

VaccinationCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID33093657
PMCPMC7580817
OpenAlexW3093949211

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Registered trials

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