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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Advances in molecular adjuvants for nucleic acid vaccines.

Casey E Hojecki, Nicholas J Tursi, Cory Livingston, David B Weiner, Ebony N Gary

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plasmid-DNA EncodedPharmaceutics · 2026
    Article
  2. The ageing immune system and its battle with viruses.The Journal of general virology · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Casey E HojeckiThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Nicholas J TursiThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Cory LivingstonThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
David B WeinerThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Ebony N GaryThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN BASIC CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009171 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Alessandro Gardini · 1985 to 2026
$15.3M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As nucleic acid vaccine technology continues to advance, modern adjuvants are being engineered to quantitatively and qualitatively shape immune responses. Since their development in the early 1990's, nucleic acid approaches have garnered significant attention, and numerous platform technologies have been developed both to improve delivery as well as immunogenicity. These advances were highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the approval of both mRNA-LNP and DNA vaccines for SARS-CoV-2. Early clinical trials with DNA antigens alone displayed suboptimal immunogenicity, supporting interest in adjuvant molecules. Molecular adjuvants, nucleic acid-encoded cytokines, chemokines, and enzymes, among others, are used to enhance and direct nucleic acid antigen-induced immunity

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesNucleic Acid-Based VaccinesSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, DNAAnimalsHumansAdjuvants, ImmunologicCOVID-19 VaccinesNucleic Acid-Based VaccinesVaccines, DNAadjuvantDNA Vaccinesgene-encoded adjuvantsmolecular adjuvantsmRNA vaccinesnucleic acid vaccinesplasmid-encoded

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PMID41089699
PMCPMC12516708

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