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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2020

Exploring the possible use of saponin adjuvants in COVID-19 vaccine.

Rinku Sharma, Arivukarasu Palanisamy, Kuldeep Dhama, Gorakh Mal, Birbal Singh, Karam Pal Singh

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rinku SharmaDisease Investigation Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station , Palampur, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7608-9775
Arivukarasu PalanisamyDisease Investigation Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station , Palampur, India.
Kuldeep DhamaDivision of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute , Bareilly, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7469-4752
Gorakh MalDisease Investigation Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station , Palampur, India.
Birbal SinghDisease Investigation Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station , Palampur, India.
Karam Pal SinghDivision of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute , Bareilly, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9302-0574
Indian Veterinary Research Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an urgent need for a safe, efficacious, and cost-effective vaccine for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by novel coronavirus strain, severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The protective immunity of certain types of vaccines can be enhanced by the addition of adjuvants. Many diverse classes of compounds have been identified as adjuvants, including mineral salts, microbial products, emulsions, saponins, cytokines, polymers, microparticles, and liposomes. Several saponins have been shown to stimulate both the Th1-type immune response and the production of cytotoxic T lymphocytes against endogenous antigens, making them very useful for subunit vaccines, especially those for intracellular pathogens. In this review, we discuss the structural characteristics, mechanisms of action, structure-activity relationship of saponins, biological activities, and use of saponins in various viral vaccines and their applicability to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansSaponinsStructure-Activity RelationshipVaccines, SubunitAdjuvants, ImmunologicCOVID-19 VaccinesSaponinsVaccines, SubunitCOVID-19 vaccineimmunostimulationSaponin adjuvantviral vaccines

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PMID33295829
PMCPMC7738204
OpenAlexW3110704541

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