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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Beyond Just Peptide Antigens: The Complex World of Peptide-Based Cancer Vaccines.

Alexander J Stephens, Nicola A Burgess-Brown, Shisong Jiang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Molecular origin, discovery, validation and application of neoantigens.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2026
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  13. Advanced Human Immune Cell-Organoid Co-Cultures for Functional Testing of Cancer Nanovaccines.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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30 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander J StephensDepartment of Oncology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Nicola A Burgess-BrownCentre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Shisong JiangDepartment of Oncology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptide-based cancer vaccines rely upon the strong activation of the adaptive immune response to elicit its effector function. They have shown to be highly specific and safe, but have yet to prove themselves as an efficacious treatment for cancer in the clinic. This is for a variety of reasons, including tumour heterogeneity, self-tolerance, and immune suppression. Importance has been placed on the overall design of peptide-based cancer vaccines, which have evolved from simple peptide derivatives of a cancer antigen, to complex drugs; incorporating overlapping regions, conjugates, and delivery systems to target and stimulate different components of antigen presenting cells, and to bolster antigen cross-presentation. Peptide-based cancer vaccines are increasingly becoming more personalised to an individual's tumour antigen repertoire and are often combined with existing cancer treatments. This strategy ultimately aids in combating the shortcomings of a more generalised vaccine strategy and provides a comprehensive treatment, taking into consideration cancer cell variability and its ability to avoid immune interrogation.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesDrug DesignHumansNeoplasmsPeptidesTumor MicroenvironmentVaccines, SubunitAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesPeptidesVaccines, Subunitantigencancercross-presentationdendritic cellsimmunotherapypeptidevaccine

Identifiers

PMID34276688
PMCPMC8279810
OpenAlexW3176647828

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