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ReviewCancer pathogenesis and therapy2025

Circular RNA vaccines: Pioneering the next-gen cancer immunotherapy.

Uddalak Das, Soupayan Banerjee, Meghna Sarkar, Fathah Muhammad L, Tanveen Kaur Soni, Madhumita Saha, Gayatri Pradhan, Bhaskarjyaa Chatterjee

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Review in Cancer pathogenesis and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Therapeutic Vaccination in Lung Cancer: Past Attempts, Current Approaches and Future Promises.Journal of respiratory biology and translational medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Uddalak DasDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
Soupayan BanerjeeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Telangana, 500007, India.
Meghna SarkarSchool of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India.
Fathah Muhammad LDepartment of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673613, India.
Tanveen Kaur SoniDepartment of Biosciences, JIS University, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700109, India.
Madhumita SahaDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
Gayatri PradhanDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University, Burla, Odisha, 768019, India.
Bhaskarjyaa ChatterjeeDepartment of Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600025, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular ribonucleic acid (circRNA) vaccines have emerged as a revolutionary strategy in cancer immunotherapy, facilitating novel approaches to induce robust and durable immune responses. Unlike traditional linear messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, circRNAs exhibit exceptional stability, enhanced translational efficiency, and resistance to exonuclease degradation, making them ideal candidates for vaccine development. This review delved into the fundamental principles underlying circRNA biology, highlighting their unique structural advantages and translational potential. We examined recent advancements in circRNA vaccine design, focusing on their application in oncology. As the circRNA-based cancer vaccine is a relatively novel technology, findings from all the major studies describing its efficacy were discussed. We further investigated their combination with other immunotherapeutic modalities, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell therapies, that ensure the maximal anticancer effects of circRNA vaccines. Large-scale manufacturing, immunogenicity optimization, delivery systems, and other challenges and future directions in this field were also discussed. This study aims to thoroughly analyze the state-of-the-art and potential future applications of circRNA vaccines in cancer immunotherapy, highlighting them as exciting possibilities for next-generation cancer therapies.

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Cancer vaccinesCircularDrug delivery systemsImmunologyImmunotherapymRNA vaccinesNeoplasmsRNA

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PMID40697518
PMCPMC12277827

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