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ReviewVaccines2021

mRNA-Based Vaccines.

Frank Kowalzik, Daniel Schreiner, Christian Jensen, Daniel Teschner, Stephan Gehring, Fred Zepp

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. mRNA vaccines for gastrointestinal cancers: a paradigm shift in treatment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  12. Personalised/precision medicine: mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2025
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  17. The role of mRNA vaccines in infectious diseases: a new era of immunization.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025
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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frank KowalzikPediatric Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0407-124X
Daniel SchreinerPediatric Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9363-8051
Christian JensenPediatric Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0577-1624
Daniel TeschnerDepartment of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, 55122 Mainz, Germany.
Stephan GehringPediatric Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Fred ZeppPediatric Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increases in the world's population and population density promote the spread of emerging pathogens. Vaccines are the most cost-effective means of preventing this spread. Traditional methods used to identify and produce new vaccines are not adequate, in most instances, to ensure global protection. New technologies are urgently needed to expedite large scale vaccine development. mRNA-based vaccines promise to meet this need. mRNA-based vaccines exhibit a number of potential advantages relative to conventional vaccines, namely they (1) involve neither infectious elements nor a risk of stable integration into the host cell genome; (2) generate humoral and cell-mediated immunity; (3) are well-tolerated by healthy individuals; and (4) are less expensive and produced more rapidly by processes that are readily standardized and scaled-up, improving responsiveness to large emerging outbreaks. Multiple mRNA vaccine platforms have demonstrated efficacy in preventing infectious diseases and treating several types of cancers in humans as well as animal models. This review describes the factors that contribute to maximizing the production of effective mRNA vaccine transcripts and delivery systems, and the clinical applications are discussed in detail.

Indexed as

cancerdelivery systemsinfectious diseaselipid nanoparticlesmRNAvaccine constructs

Identifiers

PMID33921028
PMCPMC8103517
OpenAlexW3156384348

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Registered trials

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