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ArticlemBio2021

A Combination of Anti-PD-L1 Treatment and Therapeutic Vaccination Facilitates Improved Retroviral Clearance via Reactivation of Highly Exhausted T Cells.

Torben Knuschke, Sebastian Kollenda, Christina Wenzek, Gennadiy Zelinskyy, Philine Steinbach, Ulf Dittmer, Jan Buer, Matthias Epple, Astrid M Westendorf

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Nanocarrier-based immunotherapy for viral diseases.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2025
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  4. An angel or a devil? Current view on the role of CD8Journal of translational medicine · 2024
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  5. Nanoparticle-Based Immunotherapy for Reversing T-Cell Exhaustion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  11. Mechanisms of PD-L1 Regulation in Malignant and Virus-Infected Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Torben KnuschkeInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany torben.knuschke@uk-essen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2273-1475
Sebastian KollendaInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, Essen, Germany.
Christina WenzekInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Gennadiy ZelinskyyInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Philine SteinbachInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Ulf DittmerInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Jan BuerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Matthias EppleInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, Essen, Germany.
Astrid M WestendorfInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PD-1-targeted therapies have shown modest antiviral effects in preclinical models of chronic viral infection. Thus, novel therapy protocols are necessary to enhance T cell immunity and viral control to overcome T cell dysfunction and immunosuppression. Here, we demonstrate that nanoparticle-based therapeutic vaccination improved PD-1-targeted therapy during chronic infection with Friend retrovirus (FV). Prevention of inhibitory signals by blocking PD-L1 in combination with therapeutic vaccination with nanoparticles containing the microbial compound CpG and a CD8

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationVaccinationAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedFemaleFriend murine leukemia virusImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, CXCR5Retroviridae InfectionsCXCR5 protein, mouseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsReceptors, CXCR5checkpoint inhibitionchronic retrovirus infectionchronic viral infectionexhaustionimmunotherapynanoparticlesretrovirusesT cell exhaustionT cellstherapeutic vaccination

Identifiers

PMID33531395
PMCPMC7858051
OpenAlexW3126815692

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