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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Vaccine Improvements: Current Status and New Approaches.

Alexander Batista-Duharte, Fakhri Hassouneh, Pablo Alvarez-Heredia, Alejandra Pera, Rafael Solana

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 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.

Alexander Batista-DuharteGC01 Immunology and Allergy Group, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1875-0518
Fakhri HassounehGC01 Immunology and Allergy Group, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1611-7089
Pablo Alvarez-HerediaGC01 Immunology and Allergy Group, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Alejandra PeraGC01 Immunology and Allergy Group, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1169-8996
Rafael SolanaGC01 Immunology and Allergy Group, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8985-0295
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba · ES

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant agreement No 847468Regional Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities of the Junta de An-dalucía, co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund "The ESF invests in your fu-ture". Postdoctoral Fellowship ref DOC_01421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in combination with approved or experimental vaccines has proven to be a promising approach to improve vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy. This strategy seeks to overcome the immunosuppressive mechanisms associated with the vaccine response, thereby achieving increased immunogenicity and efficacy. Most of the information on the use of ICIs combined with vaccines derives from studies on certain anti-tumor vaccines combined with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against either cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). However, over the past few years, emerging strategies to use new-generation ICIs as molecular adjuvants are paving the way for future advances in vaccine research. Here, we review the current state and future directions of the use of ICIs in experimental and clinical settings, including mAbs and alternative new approaches using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small non-coding RNAs, aptamers, peptides, and other small molecules for improving vaccine efficacy. The scope of this review mainly includes the use of ICIs in therapeutic antitumor vaccines, although recent research on anti-infective vaccines will also be addressed.

Indexed as

antisense oligonucleotidesaptamersCTLA-4immune checkpoint inhibitorsmolecular adjuvantsmonoclonal antibodiesPD-1PD-L1peptidesvaccines

Identifiers

PMID36015348
PMCPMC9415890
OpenAlexW4293065498

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