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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

Updates on cancer vaccines in brain cancer: Advances in neuroblastoma, delivery systems, and emerging technologies.

Hope Onohuean, Temitope Ogunmola, Ayobami Adesiyan, Akinsuyi Oluwamayowa Samuel, Ebenezer Oni, Ugwu Okechukwu Paul Chima

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hope OnohueanBiopharmaceutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Uganda.
Temitope OgunmolaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ayobami AdesiyanDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Akinsuyi Oluwamayowa SamuelDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebenezer OniAdekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Onodo, Nigeria.
Ugwu Okechukwu Paul ChimaDepartment of Publication and Extension, Kampala International University, Kansanga, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0003-3563-3521

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroblastoma stands as a major concern in pediatric oncology because it develops from neural crest cells as a neuroendocrine cancer. Nanoparticle-based vaccine delivery approaches the therapeutic activity of immune cells only toward tumor cells without inflicting damage to healthy tissues like those sustained by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Neuroblastoma treatment faces two major barriers: penetrating the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and using nanoparticle technology. The promising developments for neuroblastoma treatment emerge from mRNA COVID-19 vaccine research and brain cancer vaccine clinical trials especially through phase I autologous dendritic cell vaccine studies. Future research needs to develop optimized nanoparticles which can trigger the release of mRNA or peptides based on tumor-specific pH and enzyme signals. The BBB can be opened temporarily through ultrasound and receptor-mediated transport approaches, which enhance vaccine delivery to brain tissues. New immunotherapeutic approaches for pediatric malignancies emerge from these recent findings to yield future success.

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Brain NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesDrug Delivery SystemsNeuroblastomaBlood-Brain BarrierChildCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHumansImmunotherapyNanoparticlesSARS-CoV-2Cancer VaccinesCOVID-19 VaccinesCancer vaccinesdeliveryemerging technologiesnanoparticlesneuroblastoma

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PMCPMC12239805

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