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ReviewInternational journal of peptide research and therapeutics2021

Armamentarium of Cryoprotectants in Peptide Vaccines: Mechanistic Insight, Challenges, Opportunities and Future Prospects.

Harshita Dalvi, Aditi Bhat, Akshaya Iyer, Vaskuri G S Sainaga Jyothi, Harsha Jain, Saurabh Srivastava, Jitender Madan

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Review in International journal of peptide research and therapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Synthetic Polymers for Drug, Gene, and Vaccine Delivery.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  6. Identification of natural peptides from "PlantPepDB" database as anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents: A protein-protein docking approach.Phytomedicine plus : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2023
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  7. Predicting epitopes for vaccine development using bioinformatics tools.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harshita Dalvi *Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Aditi Bhat *Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Akshaya IyerDepartment of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Vaskuri G S Sainaga JyothiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Harsha JainDepartment of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Saurabh SrivastavaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
Jitender MadanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are designed to leverage the immune system and produce long-lasting protection against specific diseases. Peptide vaccines are regarded as safe and effective way of circumventing problems such as mild allergic reactions associated with conventional vaccines. The biggest challenges associated with formulation of peptide vaccines are stability issues and conformational changes which lead to destruction of their activity when exposed to lyophilization process that may act as stressors. Lyophilization process is aimed at removal of water which involves freezing, primary drying and secondary drying. To safeguard the peptide molecules from such stresses, cryoprotectants are used to offer them viability and structural stability. This paper is an attempt to understand the physicochemical properties of peptide vaccines, mechanism of cryoprotection under the shed of water replacement, water substitution theory and cation-pi interaction theory of amino acids which aims at shielding the peptide from external environment by formation of hydrogen bonds, covalent bonds or cation-pi interaction between cryoprotectant and peptide followed by selection criteria of cryoprotectants and their utility in peptide vaccines development along with challenges and opportunities. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT:

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CryoprotectantsLyophilizationPeptides and proteinsSynthetic peptide vaccine

Identifiers

PMID34690621
PMCPMC8524217
OpenAlexW3205038973

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