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ReviewInternational journal of cancer2025

Scientific approaches to defining HPV vaccine-induced protective immunity.

Matti Lehtinen, Pierre van Damme, Simon Beddows, Ligia A Pinto, Filipe Mariz, Penelope Gray, Joakim Dillner

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Review in International journal of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus After Infection and Vaccination.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Matti LehtinenDepartment of Vaccines, Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9481-0535
Pierre van DammeCentre for the Evaluation of Vaccination@Vaccinopolis, Universiteit Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Simon BeddowsVirus Reference Department, Public Health Microbiology Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Ligia A PintoHPV Serology Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Filipe MarizDivision of Infections and Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
Penelope GrayCenter for Cervical Cancer Elimination, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9065-4734
Joakim DillnerCenter for Cervical Cancer Elimination, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8588-6506

Funding

WORK ORDER 126643 B539 EXPAND IC SUITE75N91019D00024 · NIAID · LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. · PI BRISCOE, LYNN · 2019 to 2025
$3932.6M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CHHS HHSN261200800001ENCINCI NIH HHS 75N91019D00024NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001E
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seventeen years after the licensure of prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 virus-like-particle vaccines, a defined antibody level that correlates with vaccine-induced protection against HPV infections and associated neoplasia is missing. In contrast, correlates of protection have been defined for many viral vaccines, including for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine. This review includes lessons learned from vaccination against HBV and the use of an established protective HBV surface antigen antibody level: 10 mIU/mL, an overview of HPV infection-induced and HPV vaccine-induced antibody responses, successful efforts to establish international standardization of serological reagents and associated tools, and 15-year vigilance of HPV vaccine-induced antibody levels in a vaccination cohort against breakthrough infections. This report identifies progress but also gaps on the journey toward the definition of a HPV vaccine-induced correlate of protection.

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Papillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesAntibodies, ViralFemaleHepatitis B VaccinesHumansVaccinationAntibodies, ViralHepatitis B VaccinesPapillomavirus Vaccinesantibodycancerhepatitis B virushuman papillomavirusvaccine

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PMID39945620
PMCPMC11924311

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