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ReviewPlasma processes and polymers (Print)2020

Nonthermal plasma as part of a novel strategy for vaccination.

Hager Mohamed, Rita A Esposito, Michele A Kutzler, Brian Wigdahl, Fred C Krebs, Vandana Miller

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Review in Plasma processes and polymers (Print), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hager MohamedDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Rita A EspositoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Michele A KutzlerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Brian WigdahlDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Fred C KrebsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-1530-4432
Vandana MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-2323-2299

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination has been one of the most effective health intervention mechanisms to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases. Vaccines stimulate the body's protective immune responses through controlled exposure to modified versions of pathogens that establish immunological memory. However, only a few diseases have effective vaccines. The biological effects of nonthermal plasma on cells suggest that plasma could play an important role in improving efficacy of existing vaccines and overcoming some of the limitations and challenges with current vaccination strategies. This review summarizes the opportunities for nonthermal plasma for immunization and therapeutic purposes.

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adjuvantCOVID‐19immunityimmunotherapynonthermal plasmavaccine

Identifiers

PMID32837491
PMCPMC7404442

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