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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2021

mRNA-encoded, constitutively active STING

Sze-Wah Tse, Kristine McKinney, William Walker, Mychael Nguyen, Jared Iacovelli, Clayton Small, Kristen Hopson, Tal Zaks, Eric Huang

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract read
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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06927297 phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Antitumor Activity of an Engineered Mitochondrial Vaccine in Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors

TypeinterventionalSponsorWest China HospitalRan2025 to 2028Enrolled12ConditionsAdvanced Solid Tumor Malignancies, Advanced Solid MalignanciesArmsEngineered mitochondrial vaccine
NCT07572864 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Combination With Engineered Mitochondrial Vaccine as Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy for Resectable Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single-Arm, Single-Center Clinical Study.

TypeinterventionalSponsorWest China HospitalRan2026 to 2028Enrolled9ConditionsHead and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaArmsEngineered Mitochondrial Vaccine (IMP3-Mito), Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Sze-Wah TseNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kristine McKinneyNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
William WalkerNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Mychael NguyenNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Jared IacovelliNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Clayton SmallNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kristen HopsonNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Tal ZaksNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Eric HuangNew Venture Labs, Moderna, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: eric.huang@modernatx.com.
Moderna Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA vaccines induce potent immune responses in preclinical models and clinical studies. Adjuvants are used to stimulate specific components of the immune system to increase immunogenicity of vaccines. We utilized a constitutively active mutation (V155M) of the stimulator of interferon (IFN) genes (STING), which had been described in a patient with STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI), to act as a genetic adjuvant for use with our lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-encapsulated mRNA vaccines. mRNA-encoded constitutively active STING

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsApoptosisCancer VaccinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansLiposomesLung NeoplasmsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLmRNA VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancer VaccinesLipid NanoparticlesLiposomesMembrane ProteinsmRNA VaccinesPapillomavirus E7 ProteinsRNA, MessengerSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinadjuvantCD8damage-associated molecular patternsDAMPmRNA vaccinepattern-recognition receptorsPRRSTINGT cellstype-1 interferonsvaccine

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PMID33677092
PMCPMC8261085
OpenAlexW3133747861

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Registered trials

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