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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Molecular Farming of Pembrolizumab and Nivolumab.

Michael C Stark, Anna M Joubert, Michelle H Visagie

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  17. Plant-Derived Anti-Cancer Therapeutics and Biopharmaceuticals.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael C StarkDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Pretoria 0031, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2589-4720
Anna M JoubertDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Pretoria 0031, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6931-7554
Michelle H VisagieDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Pretoria 0031, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6820-7265
University of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

Cancer Association of South Africa A0V741Cancer Association of South Africa A0W228Medical Research Council (South Africa) A0W110National Research Foundation N00375National Research Foundation N0059School of Medicine Research Committee of the University of Pretoria AOR984Struwig Germeshuysen Trust AON074
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a class of immunotherapy agents capable of alleviating the immunosuppressive effects exerted by tumorigenic cells. The programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint is one of the most ubiquitous checkpoints utilized by tumorigenic cells for immune evasion by inducing apoptosis and inhibiting the proliferation and cytokine production of T lymphocytes. Currently, the most frequently used ICIs targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint include monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) pembrolizumab and nivolumab that bind to PD-1 on T lymphocytes and inhibit interaction with PD-L1 on tumorigenic cells. However, pembrolizumab and nivolumab are costly, and thus their accessibility is limited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Therefore, it is essential to develop novel biomanufacturing platforms capable of reducing the cost of these two therapies. Molecular farming is one such platform utilizing plants for mAb production, and it has been demonstrated to be a rapid, low-cost, and scalable platform that can be potentially implemented in LMICs to diminish the exorbitant prices, ultimately leading to a significant reduction in cancer-related mortalities within these countries.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenNivolumabAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmunotherapyMolecular FarmingProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedB7-H1 AntigenNivolumabpembrolizumabProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorcancerimmune checkpoint inhibitorsmolecular farmingnivolumabpembrolizumab

Identifiers

PMID37373192
PMCPMC10298108
OpenAlexW4380630239

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Registered trials

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