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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2023

Advancing personalized medicine in brain cancer: exploring the role of mRNA vaccines.

Feng Lin, Emma Z Lin, Misa Anekoji, Thomas E Ichim, Joyce Hu, Francesco M Marincola, Lawrence D Jones, Santosh Kesari, Shashaanka Ashili

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Feng LinCureScience Institute, 5820 Oberlin Drive Ste 202, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA. flin@curescience.org.ORCID 0000-0001-7662-423X
Emma Z LinUniversity of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Misa AnekojiCureScience Institute, 5820 Oberlin Drive Ste 202, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
Thomas E IchimTherapeutic Solutions International, Oceanside, CA, 92056, USA.
Joyce HuSonata Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, 02472, USA.
Francesco M MarincolaSonata Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, 02472, USA.
Lawrence D JonesCureScience Institute, 5820 Oberlin Drive Ste 202, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
Santosh KesariSaint John's Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA.
Shashaanka AshiliCureScience Institute, 5820 Oberlin Drive Ste 202, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
C4 Therapeutics (United States) · USInesc P&D Brasil · BRSaint John's Health Center · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancing personalized medicine in brain cancer relies on innovative strategies, with mRNA vaccines emerging as a promising avenue. While the initial use of mRNA vaccines was in oncology, their stunning success in COVID-19 resulted in widespread attention, both positive and negative. Regardless of politically biased opinions, which relate more to the antigenic source than form of delivery, we feel it is important to objectively review this modality as relates to brain cancer. This class of vaccines trigger robust immune responses through MHC-I and MHC-II pathways, in both prophylactic and therapeutic settings. The mRNA platform offers advantages of rapid development, high potency, cost-effectiveness, and safety. This review provides an overview of mRNA vaccine delivery technologies, tumor antigen identification, combination therapies, and recent therapeutic outcomes, with a particular focus on brain cancer. Combinatorial approaches are vital to maximizing mRNA cancer vaccine efficacy, with ongoing clinical trials exploring combinations with adjuvants and checkpoint inhibitors and even adoptive cell therapy. Efficient delivery, neoantigen identification, preclinical studies, and clinical trial results are highlighted, underscoring mRNA vaccines' potential in advancing personalized medicine for brain cancer. Synergistic combinatorial therapies play a crucial role, emphasizing the need for continued research and collaboration in this area.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPrecision MedicineRNA, MessengerCancer VaccinesRNA, MessengerAdjuvantBrain cancerCheckpoint inhibitorsCombinatorial therapiesmRNA vaccinePersonalized medicineTumor antigen

Identifiers

PMID37978542
PMCPMC10656921
OpenAlexW4388784458

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Registered trials

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