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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Neoantigen-based cancer vaccines: a mechanistic and clinical review of personalised melanoma immunotherapy.

Xiyao Yu, Kai Fu

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Review in Frontiers in 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Interleukin-1β Gene (Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xiyao YuSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Kai FuDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma, owing to its high tumour mutational burden (TMB) and inherent immunogenicity, has emerged as a prime target for neoantigen-based customised cancer vaccines. Such vaccines may synergise with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) by harnessing patient-specific mutations to trigger targeted T-cell responses. This review systematically summarises and evaluates the clinical evidence and molecular mechanisms underlying customised neoantigen vaccines in melanoma, based on key clinical trial data. A central finding is that vaccine platform choice strongly influences, rather than rigidly determines, the dominant immunological pathway. Messenger RNA (mRNA) platforms generally favour endogenous antigen expression and MHC class I presentation, often eliciting robust CD8

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Antigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesImmunotherapyMelanomaAnimalsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPrecision MedicineAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsclinical trialscost-effectivenessimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapymelanomaneoantigen vaccinepatient perspectivepersonalised medicine

Identifiers

PMID42004970
PMCPMC13083070

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