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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

The mRNA-LNP vaccines - the good, the bad and the ugly?

Botond Z Igyártó, Zhen Qin

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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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

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Botond Z IgyártóDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Zhen QinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

X-Ray Crystallography and Macromolecular CharacterizationP30CA056036 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI DANIEL P SILVER · 1995 to 2026
$94.8M
Development of Universal Influenza Virus Vaccines Using Nucleoside-Modified Messenger RNAR01AI146101 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PARDI, NORBERT · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
DC-subset-tailored vaccinesR01AI146420 · NIAID · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI IGYARTO, BOTOND Z · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA056036NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146101NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mRNA-LNP vaccine has received much attention during the COVID-19 pandemic since it served as the basis of the most widely used SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in Western countries. Based on early clinical trial data, these vaccines were deemed safe and effective for all demographics. However, the latest data raise serious concerns about the safety and effectiveness of these vaccines. Here, we review some of the safety and efficacy concerns identified to date. We also discuss the potential mechanism of observed adverse events related to the use of these vaccines and whether they can be mitigated by alterations of this vaccine mechanism approach.

Indexed as

COVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesHumansPandemicsRNA, MessengerCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, Messengeradverse eventmRNA vaccineQuo Vadisside effectsuppression

Identifiers

PMID38390323
PMCPMC10883065

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