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ReviewVaccines2022

Advances in Infectious Disease Vaccine Adjuvants.

Jingyi Fan, Shengbin Jin, Lachlan Gilmartin, Istvan Toth, Waleed M Hussein, Rachel J Stephenson

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Review in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jingyi FanSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Shengbin JinSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8108-4626
Lachlan GilmartinSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Istvan TothSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Waleed M HusseinSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5392-1880
Rachel J StephensonSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6424-7502
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council APP1037304National Health and Medical Research Council APP1158748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are one of the most significant medical interventions in the fight against infectious diseases. Since their discovery by Edward Jenner in 1796, vaccines have reduced the worldwide transmission to eradication levels of infectious diseases, including smallpox, diphtheria, hepatitis, malaria, and influenza. However, the complexity of developing safe and effective vaccines remains a barrier for combating many more infectious diseases. Immune stimulants (or adjuvants) are an indispensable factor in vaccine development, especially for inactivated and subunit-based vaccines due to their decreased immunogenicity compared to whole pathogen vaccines. Adjuvants are widely diverse in structure; however, their overall function in vaccine constructs is the same: to enhance and/or prolong an immunological response. The potential for adverse effects as a result of adjuvant use, though, must be acknowledged and carefully managed. Understanding the specific mechanisms of adjuvant efficacy and safety is a key prerequisite for adjuvant use in vaccination. Therefore, rigorous pre-clinical and clinical research into adjuvant development is essential. Overall, the incorporation of adjuvants allows for greater opportunities in advancing vaccine development and the importance of immune stimulants drives the emergence of novel and more effective adjuvants. This article highlights recent advances in vaccine adjuvant development and provides detailed data from pre-clinical and clinical studies specific to infectious diseases. Future perspectives into vaccine adjuvant development are also highlighted.

Indexed as

immunological adjuvantsinfectious diseasespre-clinical and clinical trials

Identifiers

PMID35891284
PMCPMC9316175
OpenAlexW4285393943

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Registered trials

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