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ReviewViruses2024

The Immune System-A Double-Edged Sword for Adenovirus-Based Therapies.

Rebecca Wallace, Carly M Bliss, Alan L Parker

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Review in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing 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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Gene Therapy Strategies for Uveal Melanoma: Adeno-associated Virus Delivery Challenges and Translational Opportunities.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  3. The immunogenicity and safety of adenoviral-based vaccines.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2026
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  9. Developing the next-generation of adenoviral vector vaccines.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025
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  12. Four decades of adenovirus gene transfer vectors: History and current use.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  13. The multiverse of CD46 and oncologic interactions.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
    Review
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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.

Rebecca WallaceDivision of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Carly M BlissDivision of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Alan L ParkerDivision of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9302-1761

Funding

Cancer Research UK C52915/A29104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic adenovirus (Ad) infections are widespread but typically mild and transient, except in the immunocompromised. As vectors for gene therapy, vaccine, and oncology applications, Ad-based platforms offer advantages, including ease of genetic manipulation, scale of production, and well-established safety profiles, making them attractive tools for therapeutic development. However, the immune system often poses a significant challenge that must be overcome for adenovirus-based therapies to be truly efficacious. Both pre-existing anti-Ad immunity in the population as well as the rapid development of an immune response against engineered adenoviral vectors can have detrimental effects on the downstream impact of an adenovirus-based therapeutic. This review focuses on the different challenges posed, including pre-existing natural immunity and anti-vector immunity induced by a therapeutic, in the context of innate and adaptive immune responses. We summarise different approaches developed with the aim of tackling these problems, as well as their outcomes and potential future applications.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAdenoviridaeGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsImmunity, InnateAdenoviridae InfectionsAnimalsHumansImmune SystemadenovirusantibodyevasionimmunityseroprevalenceT cellvector

Identifiers

PMID38932265
PMCPMC11209478

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