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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

mRNA melanoma vaccine revolution spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ziyang Xu, David E Fisher

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Precision medicine in cutaneous melanoma-A comprehensive review.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ziyang XuDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
David E FisherDepartment of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

Transcriptional mechanisms and melanomaP01CA163222 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DAVID E FISHER · 2013 to 2026
$25.3M
The MITF transcriptional network: melanoma risk and carcinogenesisR01AR043369 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DAVID E FISHER · 1996 to 2026
$9.4M
Therapeutic strategies for treatment of giant congenital melanocytic neviR01AR072304 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DAVID E FISHER · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
A druggable dependency in low-MITF/high-AXL melanoma: preclinical efficacy and mechanism of action in a key treatment-resistant subclass.R01CA222871 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FISHER, DAVID E · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163222NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222871NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR043369NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR072304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of mRNA vaccines represents a significant advance in the field of vaccinology. While several vaccine approaches (mRNA, DNA, recombinant protein, and viral-vectored vaccines) had been investigated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines quickly gained popularity due to superior immunogenicity at a low dose, strong safety/tolerability profiles, and the possibility of rapid vaccine mass manufacturing and deployment to rural regions. In addition to inducing protective neutralizing antibody responses, mRNA vaccines can also elicit high-magnitude cytotoxic T-cell responses comparable to natural viral infections; thereby, drawing significant interest from cancer immunotherapy experts. This mini-review will highlight key developmental milestones and lessons we have learned from mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific emphasis on clinical trial data gathered so far for mRNA vaccines against melanoma and other forms of cancer.

Indexed as

COVID-19MelanomaViral VaccinesAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansPandemicsRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesRNA, MessengerViral Vaccinescancer vaccinationCOVID – 19melanomamRNA vaccinationneoantigen

Identifiers

PMID37063845
PMCPMC10101324

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