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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2024

mRNA vaccines and their delivery strategies: A journey from infectious diseases to cancer.

RamaRao Malla, Mundla Srilatha, Batoul Farran, Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

RamaRao MallaCancer Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, GITAM School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam 530045, AP, India.
Mundla SrilathaDepartment of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, AP, India.
Batoul FarranDepartment of Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Ganji Purnachandra NagarajuDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. Electronic address: pganji@uab.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USGITAM University · INSri Venkateswara University · INUniversity of Alabama · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA vaccines have evolved as promising cancer therapies. These vaccines can encode tumor-allied antigens, thus enabling personalized treatment approaches. They can also target cancer-specific mutations and overcome immune evasion mechanisms. They manipulate the body's cellular functions to produce antigens, elicit immune responses, and suppress tumors by overcoming limitations associated with specific histocompatibility leukocyte antigen molecules. However, successfully delivering mRNA into target cells destroys a crucial challenge. Viral and nonviral vectors (lipid nanoparticles and cationic liposomes) have shown great capacity in protecting mRNA from deterioration and assisting in cellular uptake. Cell-penetrating peptides, hydrogels, polymer-based nanoparticles, and dendrimers have been investigated to increase the delivery efficacy and immunogenicity of mRNA. This comprehensive review explores the landscape of mRNA vaccines and their delivery platforms for cancer, addressing design considerations, diverse delivery strategies, and recent advancements. Overall, this review contributes to the progress of mRNA vaccines as an innovative strategy for effective cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesCommunicable DiseasesNanoparticlesNeoplasmsVaccinesAntigens, NeoplasmHumansmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerVaccinescancerclinical trialsdelivery strategiesiontophoresismRNA vaccine

Identifiers

PMID37919901
PMCPMC10787123
OpenAlexW4388284499

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Registered trials

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