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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2026

Targeting MHC-E as a new strategy for vaccines and immunotherapeutics.

Klaus Früh, Persephone Borrow, Geraldine M Gillespie, Andrew J McMichael, Louis J Picker

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The murine MHC-E molecule Qa-1Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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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

5 authors.

Klaus FrühVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA. fruehk@ohsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-3877
Persephone BorrowCentre for Immuno-Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-9780
Geraldine M GillespieCentre for Immuno-Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-870X
Andrew J McMichaelCentre for Immuno-Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-7478
Louis J PickerVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA. pickerl@ohsu.edu.

Funding

Upgrade of confocal microscopy at the Oregon National Primate Research CenterP51OD011092 · OD · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Bonnie J. Nagel · 2012 to 2026
$203.9M
Nonhuman primate studies for development of a prototype HIV vaccine that induces broadly neutralizing antibodiesUM1AI144371 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HAYNES, BARTON F. · 2019 to 2025
$190.4M
Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (CARE)UM1AI164567 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2021 to 2026
$31.6M
Project 3: Determination of the minimal MHC-E-restricted SIV epitope targeting required for RhCMV/SIV vaccine-mediated SIV replication arrest efficacyP01AI174856 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Louis J. Picker · 2022 to 2026
$29.9M
Non-canonical epitope presentation and antigen processing by MHC-ER01AI175459 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Klaus J Fruh, Jonah B. Sacha · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI174856NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175459NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI144371NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI164567NIH HHS P51 OD011092Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MHC-E is a highly conserved, non-polymorphic MHC protein that engages inhibitory and activating receptors on natural killer (NK) cells and T cells and can also present antigens to T cell receptors. NK cell responses driven by activating receptor interactions with MHC-E are implicated in controlling chronic viral infections and cancer. Immunotherapeutic targeting of interactions between MHC-E and inhibitory receptors to increase the activation of NK cells and T cells shows promise in improving antitumour immune responses. Furthermore, MHC-E-restricted CD8

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Histocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunotherapyNeoplasmsVaccinesAnimalsCancer VaccinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansKiller Cells, NaturalCancer VaccinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IVaccines

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PMID40903525
PMCPMC13078113

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