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ReviewVaccines2021

Antigen Presentation of mRNA-Based and Virus-Vectored SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines.

Ger T Rijkers, Nynke Weterings, Andres Obregon-Henao, Michaëla Lepolder, Taru S Dutt, Frans J van Overveld, Marcela Henao-Tamayo

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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 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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20 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ger T RijkersScience Department, University College Roosevelt, 4331 CB Middelburg, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6948-6123
Nynke WeteringsScience Department, University College Roosevelt, 4331 CB Middelburg, The Netherlands.
Andres Obregon-HenaoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Michaëla LepolderScience Department, University College Roosevelt, 4331 CB Middelburg, The Netherlands.
Taru S DuttDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5101-1311
Frans J van OverveldScience Department, University College Roosevelt, 4331 CB Middelburg, The Netherlands.
Marcela Henao-TamayoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Roosevelt Institute for American Studies · NLColorado State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has reached pandemic proportions. A number of effective vaccines have been produced, including mRNA vaccines and viral vector vaccines, which are now being implemented on a large scale in order to control the pandemic. The mRNA vaccines are composed of viral Spike S1 protein encoding mRNA incorporated in a lipid nanoparticle and stabilized by polyethylene glycol (PEG). The mRNA vaccines are novel in many respects, including cellular uptake and the intracellular routing, processing, and secretion of the viral protein. Viral vector vaccines have incorporated DNA sequences, encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein into (attenuated) adenoviruses. The antigen presentation routes in MHC class I and class II, in relation to the induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies and cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, will be reviewed. In rare cases, mRNA vaccines induce unwanted immune mediated side effects. The mRNA-based vaccines may lead to an anaphylactic reaction. This reaction may be triggered by PEG. The intracellular routing of PEG and potential presentation in the context of CD1 will be discussed. Adenovirus vector-based vaccines have been associated with thrombocytopenic thrombosis events. The anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies found in these patients could be generated due to conformational changes of relevant epitopes presented to the immune system.

Indexed as

antigen presentationmRNA vaccineplatelet factor 4polyethylene glycolSpike proteinthrombosisviral vector vaccine

Identifiers

PMID34451973
PMCPMC8402319
OpenAlexW3190228787

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