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ReviewCells2020

Vaccination in Atherosclerosis.

Felix Sebastian Nettersheim, Lauren De Vore, Holger Winkels

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Navigating immunity to predict cardiovascular risk.European journal of preventive cardiology · 2026
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  3. Engineering chimeric PCSK9 for a vaccine against atherosclerosis.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  4. Mitigating atherosclerosis: Integrating vaccines with gene targets.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025
    Review
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  9. Targeted drug delivery systems for atherosclerosis.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025
    Review
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  12. PD-1 and CD73 on naive CD4Nature immunology · 2025
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  13. A bibliometric analysis of vaccination against atherosclerosis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024
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  16. The Evolving Role of Dendritic Cells in Atherosclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Felix Sebastian NettersheimDepartment III of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Lauren De VoreDepartment III of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5958-0519
Holger WinkelsDepartment III of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
University Hospital Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is the major underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases that together are the leading cause of death worldwide. The formation of atherosclerotic plaques is driven by chronic vascular inflammation. Although several risk factors have been identified and significant progress in disease prevention and treatment has been made, no therapeutic agents targeting inflammation are clinically available. Recent clinical trials established the potential of anti-inflammatory therapies as a treatment of atherosclerosis. However, adverse impacts on host defense have raised safety concerns about these therapies. Scientific evidence during the past 40 years implicated an adaptive immune response against plaque-associated autoantigens in atherogenesis. Preclinical data have underscored the protective potential of immunization against such targets precisely and without the impairment of host defense. In this review, we discuss the current vaccination strategies against atherosclerosis, supposed mechanisms of action, therapeutic potential, and the challenges that must be overcome in translating this idea into clinical practice.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAtherosclerosisAutoantigensHumansInflammationPlaque, AtheroscleroticVaccinationVaccinesAutoantigensVaccinesantibodiesantigen-specificapolipoprotein B (ApoB)atherosclerosisimmunizationlow-density lipoprotein (LDL)regulatory T cells (Tregs)vaccination

Identifiers

PMID33266027
PMCPMC7760548
OpenAlexW3106850470

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