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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2022

mRNA-Based Vaccines and Mode of Action.

Janina Gergen, Benjamin Petsch

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. A landscape review of malaria vaccine candidates in the pipeline.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Janina GergenCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany.
Benjamin PetschCureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany. benjamin.petsch@curevac.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past 20 years, the mRNA vaccine technology has evolved from the first proof of concept to the first licensed vaccine against emerging pandemics such as SARS-CoV-2. Two mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 have received emergency use authorization by US FDA, conditional marketing authorization by EMA, as well as multiple additional national regulatory authorities. The simple composition of an mRNA encoding the antigen formulated in a lipid nanoparticle enables a fast adaptation to new emerging pathogens. This can speed up vaccine development in pandemics from antigen and sequence selection to clinical trial to only a few months. mRNA vaccines are well tolerated and efficacious in animal models for multiple pathogens and will further contribute to the development of vaccines for other unaddressed diseases. Here, we give an overview of the mRNA vaccine design and factors for further optimization of this new promising technology and discuss current knowledge on the mode of action of mRNA vaccines interacting with the innate and adaptive immune system.

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mRNA VaccinesVaccine DevelopmentAnimalsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesModels, AnimalCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA Vaccines

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