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ReviewVaccines2023

Sending a Message: Use of mRNA Vaccines to Target the Tumor Immune Microenvironment.

Fabiola Ramirez, Angelica Zambrano, Robert Hennis, Nathan Holland, Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Jessica Chacon

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Review in Vaccines, 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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. mRNA vaccines for gastrointestinal cancers: a paradigm shift in treatment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  10. mRNA vaccines as cancer therapies.Chinese medical journal · 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

6 authors.

Fabiola RamirezPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0329-5647
Angelica ZambranoPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2398-0840
Robert HennisPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Nathan HollandPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Rajkumar LakshmanaswamyPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Jessica ChaconPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3657-7528

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While cancer immunotherapies have become central to treatment, challenges associated with the ability of tumors to evade the immune system remain significant obstacles. At the heart of this issue is the tumor immune microenvironment, the complex interplay of the tumor microenvironment and the immune response. Recent advances in mRNA cancer vaccines represent major progress towards overcoming some of the challenges posed by deleterious components of the tumor immune microenvironment. Indeed, major breakthroughs in mRNA vaccine technology, such as the use of replacement nucleotides and lipid nanoparticle delivery, led to the vital success of mRNA vaccine technology in fighting COVID-19. This has in turn generated massive additional interest and investment in the platform. In this review, we detail recent research in the nature of the tumor immune microenvironment and in mRNA cancer vaccines and discuss applications by which mRNA cancer vaccines, often in combination with various adjuvants, represent major areas of potential in overcoming tumor immune microenvironment-imposed obstacles. To this end, we also review current mRNA cancer vaccine clinical trials.

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cancer vaccinescombination therapydendritic cellimmunotherapymRNAtumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID37766141
PMCPMC10534833

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