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ArticleACS central science2021

Chemically Tuning the Antigen Release Kinetics from Spherical Nucleic Acids Maximizes Immune Stimulation.

Kacper Skakuj, Michelle H Teplensky, Shuya Wang, Jasper W Dittmar, Chad A Mirkin

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Article in ACS central science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kacper SkakujDepartment of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1563-0382
Michelle H TeplenskyDepartment of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-420X
Shuya WangInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2624-8130
Jasper W DittmarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-7698
Chad A MirkinDepartment of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-7627
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM105538 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2013 to 2022
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM105538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer vaccine structure is emerging as an important design factor that offers tunable parameters to enhance the targeted immune response. We report the impact of altering the antigen release rate from spherical nucleic acid (SNA) vaccines-nanoparticles with a liposomal core and surface-anchored adjuvant DNA-on immune stimulation. Peptide antigens were incorporated into SNAs using either a nonreducible linker or one of a series of reduction-triggered traceless linkers that release the native peptide at rates controlled by their substitution pattern. Compared with a nonreducible linkage, the traceless attachment of antigens resulted in lower EC

Identifiers

PMID34841057
PMCPMC8614098
OpenAlexW3209520337

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