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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Current Immunological and Clinical Perspective on Vaccinations in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Are They Safe after All?

Shani Witman Tsur, Eli Adrian Zaher, Meydan Tsur, Karolina Kania, Alicja Kalinowska-Łyszczarz

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Evaluation of short-term safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with multiple sclerosis from Latin America.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical · 2021
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  11. Vaccine response in people with multiple sclerosis treated with fumarates.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shani Witman TsurCenter for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Eli Adrian ZaherCenter for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Meydan TsurCenter for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Karolina KaniaDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), 60-355 Poznań, Poland.
Alicja Kalinowska-ŁyszczarzDivision of Neurochemistry and Neuropathology, Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), 60-355 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0618-1637
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system, and their immunogenicity is key in achieving protection against specific pathogens. Questions have been raised whether in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients they could induce disease exacerbation and whether vaccines could possibly act as a trigger in the onset of MS in susceptible populations. So far, no correlation has been found between the vaccinations against influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus, human papillomavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella zoster, tuberculosis, yellow fever, or typhoid fever and the risk of MS. Further research is needed for the potential protective implications of the tetanus and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccines in MS patients. Nowadays with the emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and recent vaccinations approval and arrival, the risk-benefit in MS patients with regards to safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in those treated with immunosuppressive therapies is of paramount importance. In this manuscript, we demonstrate how different vaccine types could be related to the immunopathogenesis of MS and discuss the risks and benefits of different vaccinations in MS patients.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMultiple SclerosisVaccinationCOVID-19 Vaccinesautoimmunitydisease modifying therapy (DMT)immunologymultiple sclerosis (MS)safetyvaccinationvaccination immunology

Identifiers

PMID33917860
PMCPMC8068297
OpenAlexW3154508562

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