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ArticleVaccines2023

Evolution and Progress of mRNA Vaccines in the Treatment of Melanoma: Future Prospects.

Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Ioanna Gazouli, Christos Koutserimpas, George Samonis

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dimitrios BafaloukosFirst Department of Medical Oncology, "Metropolitan" Hospital, Neon Faliron, 18547 Attica, Greece.
Ioanna GazouliFirst Department of Medical Oncology, "Metropolitan" Hospital, Neon Faliron, 18547 Attica, Greece.
Christos KoutserimpasDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, 11525 Athens, Greece.
George SamonisFirst Department of Medical Oncology, "Metropolitan" Hospital, Neon Faliron, 18547 Attica, Greece.
Metropolitan Hospital · GRHellenic Air Force · GRUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA vaccines encoding tumor antigens may be able to sensitize the immune system of the host against cancer cells, enhancing antigen presentation and immune response. Since the breakout of the COVID19 pandemic, interest in mRNA vaccines has been accelerating, as vaccination against the virus served as a measure to limit disease spread. Given that immunotherapy has been the cornerstone of melanoma treatment over the last several decades, further innate immunity enhancement by targeted mRNA vaccines could be the next pivotal achievement in melanoma treatment. Preclinical data coming from murine cancer models have already provided evidence of mRNA vaccines' ability to induce host immune responses against cancer. Moreover, specific immune responses have been observed in melanoma patients receiving mRNA vaccines, while the recent KEYNOTE-942 trial may establish the incorporation of the mRNA-4157/V940 vaccine into the melanoma treatment algorithm, in combination with immune checkpoint inhibition. As the existing data are further tested and reviewed, investigators are already gaining enthusiasm about this novel, promising pathway in cancer therapy.

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cancerimmunotherapymelanomamRNAvaccines

Identifiers

PMID36992220
PMCPMC10057252
OpenAlexW4324054820

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