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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2022

Past, present, and future of Lyme disease vaccines: antigen engineering approaches and mechanistic insights.

Wen-Hsiang Chen, Ulrich Strych, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Yi-Pin Lin

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. A Lyme disease mRNA vaccine targetingMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
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  13. Lactate dehydrogenase is the Achilles' heel of Lyme disease bacteriumbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wen-Hsiang ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ulrich StrychDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9455-7683
Maria Elena BottazziDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Yi-Pin LinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5240-2031
Baylor College of Medicine · USBaylor University · USNew York State Department of Health · US

Funding

Identification of the mechanism of protection against a B. burgdorferi protein CspZ for the prevention of Lyme diseaseR21AI144891 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI BOTTAZZI, MARIA ELENA, LIN, YI-PIN · 2020 to 2021
$441k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTransmitted by ticks, Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. Despite the geographical expansion of human Lyme disease cases, no effective preventive strategies are currently available. Developing an efficacious and safe vaccine is therefore urgently needed. Efforts have previously been taken to identify vaccine targets in the causative pathogen ( AREA COVERED: In this review, we summarize the antigen engineering approaches that have been applied to overcome those challenges and the underlying mechanisms that can be exploited to improve both safety and efficacy of future Lyme disease vaccines. EXPERT OPINION: Over the past two decades, several new genetically redesigned Lyme disease vaccine candidates have shown success in both preclinical and clinical settings and built a solid foundation for further development. These studies have greatly informed the protective mechanisms of reducing Lyme disease burdens and ending the endemic of this disease.

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiIxodesLyme DiseaseAnimalsHumansLyme Disease VaccinesLyme Disease VaccinesAntigen designBorreliagenetic engineeringLyme borreliae

Identifiers

PMID35836340
PMCPMC9529901
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Registered trials

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