ReviewVaccines2025
Engineering Anti-Tumor Immunity: An Immunological Framework for mRNA Cancer Vaccines.
Review in Vaccines, 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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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Challenges and Future Perspectives for Vaccines Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Reprogramming innate immunity through viral interference: A double-edged strategy for enhancing and containing gene therapies.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2026Review
- What Is-and What Is Not-Immunogenic Cell Death? Functional Definitions, Experimental Standards, and Common Pitfalls.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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Abstract
The landscape of cancer immunotherapy has been redefined by mRNA vaccines as rapid clinically viable strategies that help induce potent, tumor-specific immune responses. This review highlights the current advances in mRNA engineering and antigen design to establish an integrated immunological framework for cancer vaccine development. Achieving durable clinical benefit requires more than antigen expression. Effective vaccines need precise epitope selection, optimized delivery systems, and rigorous immune monitoring. The field is shifting from merely inducing immune responses to focusing more on the biochemistry and molecular design principles that combine magnitude, polyfunctionality, and longevity to overcome tumor-induced immune suppression. We examine an integrated immunological framework for mRNA cancer vaccine development, examining how rational molecular engineering of vaccine components, from nucleoside modifications and codon optimization to untranslated regions and linker sequences, shapes immunogenicity and therapeutic efficacy. Future directions will depend on balancing combinatorial strategies combining vaccination with immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell therapies.
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