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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2022

Biomaterial vaccines capturing pathogen-associated molecular patterns protect against bacterial infections and septic shock.

Michael Super, Edward J Doherty, Mark J Cartwright, Benjamin T Seiler, Fernanda Langellotto, Nikolaos Dimitrakakis, Des A White, Alexander G Stafford, Mohan Karkada, Amanda R Graveline and 15 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

25 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael Super *Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Edward J Doherty *Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Mark J CartwrightWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Benjamin T SeilerWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Fernanda LangellottoWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Nikolaos DimitrakakisWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Des A WhiteWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Alexander G StaffordWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Mohan KarkadaWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Amanda R GravelineWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Caitlin L HorganWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Kayla R LightbownWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Frank R UrenaWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-2963
Chyenne D YeagerWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sami A RifaiWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Maxence O DellacherieHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Aileen W LiHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Collin Leese-ThompsonWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Hamza IjazWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Amanda R JiangVascular Biology Program and Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Vasanth ChandrasekharWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Justin M ScottWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4547-9994
Shanda L LightbownWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Donald E IngberWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-6520
David J MooneyWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. David.Mooney@wyss.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-1194
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Biomaterial Cancer Vaccines that Generate Patient-Specific Antigen In SituR01CA223255 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA223255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most bacterial vaccines work for a subset of bacterial strains or require the modification of the antigen or isolation of the pathogen before vaccine development. Here we report injectable biomaterial vaccines that trigger potent humoral and T-cell responses to bacterial antigens by recruiting, reprogramming and releasing dendritic cells. The vaccines are assembled from regulatorily approved products and consist of a scaffold with absorbed granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and CpG-rich oligonucleotides incorporating superparamagnetic microbeads coated with the broad-spectrum opsonin Fc-mannose-binding lectin for the magnetic capture of pathogen-associated molecular patterns from inactivated bacterial-cell-wall lysates. The vaccines protect mice against skin infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, mice and pigs against septic shock from a lethal Escherichia coli challenge and, when loaded with pathogen-associated molecular patterns isolated from infected animals, uninfected animals against a challenge with different E. coli serotypes. The strong immunogenicity and low incidence of adverse events, a modular manufacturing process, and the use of components compatible with current good manufacturing practice could make this vaccine technology suitable for responding to bacterial pandemics and biothreats.

Indexed as

Bacterial InfectionsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusShock, SepticVaccinesAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsEscherichia coliMicePathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesSwineBiocompatible MaterialsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesVaccines

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PMID34239117
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