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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Advances in Engineering Circular RNA Vaccines.

Zhongyan Zhang, Yuanlei Fu, Xiaoli Ju, Furong Zhang, Peng Zhang, Meilin He

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Circular RNAs modulate cancer drug resistance: advances and challenges.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zhongyan ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
Yuanlei FuYantai Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine & Advanced Preparations, Yantai Institute of Materia Medica, Yantai 264005, China.
Xiaoli JuYantai Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine & Advanced Preparations, Yantai Institute of Materia Medica, Yantai 264005, China.
Furong ZhangYantai Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine & Advanced Preparations, Yantai Institute of Materia Medica, Yantai 264005, China.
Peng ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
Meilin HeYantai Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine & Advanced Preparations, Yantai Institute of Materia Medica, Yantai 264005, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2023MC121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of single-stranded RNAs with head-to-tail covalently linked structures that integrate open reading frames (ORFs) and internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs) with the function of coding and expressing proteins. Compared to mRNA vaccines, circRNA vaccines offer a more improved method that is safe, stable, and simple to manufacture. With the rapid revelation of the biological functions of circRNA and the success of Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus Type II (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccines, biopharmaceutical companies and researchers around the globe are attempting to develop more stable circRNA vaccines for illness prevention and treatment. Nevertheless, research on circRNA vaccines is still in its infancy, and more work and assessment are needed for their synthesis, delivery, and use. In this review, based on the current understanding of the molecular biological properties and immunotherapeutic mechanisms of circRNA, we summarize the current preparation methods of circRNA vaccines, including design, synthesis, purification, and identification. We discuss their delivery strategies and summarize the challenges facing the clinical application of circRNAs to provide references for circRNA vaccine-related research.

Indexed as

mRNA VaccinesRNA, CircularAnimalsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SyntheticCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, CircularVaccines, Syntheticcircularizationcircular RNA vaccinesmRNARNA deliveryRNA therapeutics

Identifiers

PMID39204292
PMCPMC11356823

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