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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

MPL Adjuvant Contains Competitive Antagonists of Human TLR4.

Yi-Qi Wang, Hélène Bazin-Lee, Jay T Evans, Carolyn R Casella, Thomas C Mitchell

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Article 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 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yi-Qi WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Hélène Bazin-LeeCenter for Translational Medicine, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States.
Jay T EvansCenter for Translational Medicine, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States.
Carolyn R CasellaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
Thomas C MitchellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
University of Louisville · USUniversity of Montana · USZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

Mechanisms of successful vaccine adjuvantsR01AI127970 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MITCHELL, THOMAS C. · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Partial AgonismHumansLipid AMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRAW 264.7 CellsSpecies SpecificityTHP-1 CellsToll-Like Receptor 4Adjuvants, ImmunologicLipid Amonophosphoryl lipid ATLR4 protein, humanTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL)partial agonistreactogenicitysafetyToll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)vaccine adjuvant

Identifiers

PMID33178204
PMCPMC7596181
OpenAlexW3093317365

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