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Third-Generation Vaccines: Features of Nucleic Acid Vaccines and Strategies to Improve Their Efficiency.

Alanne Rayssa da Silva Melo, Larissa Silva de Macêdo, Maria da Conceição Viana Invenção, Ingrid Andrêssa de Moura, Marco Antonio Turiah Machado da Gama, Cristiane Moutinho Lagos de Melo, Anna Jéssica Duarte Silva, Marcus Vinicius de Aragão Batista, Antonio Carlos de Freitas

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. AgainstToxins · 2025
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  6. Advances in nucleic acid-based cancer vaccines.Journal of biomedical science · 2025
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  10. Advances inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  14. Subcutaneous, Oral, and Intranasal Immunization of BALB/c Mice withTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alanne Rayssa da Silva MeloLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1786-3369
Larissa Silva de MacêdoLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1660-4901
Maria da Conceição Viana InvençãoLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9360-1275
Ingrid Andrêssa de MouraLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0715-8674
Marco Antonio Turiah Machado da GamaLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.
Cristiane Moutinho Lagos de MeloLaboratory of Immunological and Antitumor Analysis, Department of Antibiotics, Bioscience Center, and Keizo Asami Imunophatology Laboratory, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.
Anna Jéssica Duarte SilvaLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8341-7877
Marcus Vinicius de Aragão BatistaLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology (GMBio), Department of Biology, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão 49100-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4745-8919
Antonio Carlos de FreitasLaboratory of Molecular Studies and Experimental Therapy-LEMTE, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4957-9549
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BRUniversidade Federal de Sergipe · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene immunization comprises mRNA and DNA vaccines, which stand out due to their simple design, maintenance, and high efficacy. Several studies indicate promising results in preclinical and clinical trials regarding immunization against ebola, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza, and human papillomavirus (HPV). The efficiency of nucleic acid vaccines has been highlighted in the fight against COVID-19 with unprecedented approval of their use in humans. However, their low intrinsic immunogenicity points to the need to use strategies capable of overcoming this characteristic and increasing the efficiency of vaccine campaigns. These strategies include the improvement of the epitopes' presentation to the system via MHC, the evaluation of immunodominant epitopes with high coverage against emerging viral subtypes, the use of adjuvants that enhance immunogenicity, and the increase in the efficiency of vaccine transfection. In this review, we provide updates regarding some characteristics, construction, and improvement of such vaccines, especially about the production of synthetic multi-epitope genes, widely employed in the current gene-based vaccines.

Indexed as

COVID-19Nucleic Acid-Based VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicEpitopesHumansImmunizationAdjuvants, ImmunologicEpitopesNucleic Acid-Based Vaccinesadjuvantsnucleic acidssynthetic genesvaccines

Identifiers

PMID36553554
PMCPMC9777941
OpenAlexW4311521204

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