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ArticleNano today2023

Two decades of vaccine development against atherosclerosis.

Miguel A Moreno-Gonzalez, Oscar A Ortega-Rivera, Nicole F Steinmetz

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Article in Nano today, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Chaperonin in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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  7. Mitigating atherosclerosis: Integrating vaccines with gene targets.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025
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  9. Anti-Atherogenic Mechanisms and Therapies.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025
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  12. Targeted drug delivery systems for atherosclerosis.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025
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  14. A bibliometric analysis of vaccination against atherosclerosis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miguel A Moreno-GonzalezDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92039, USA.
Oscar A Ortega-RiveraDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92039, USA.
Nicole F SteinmetzDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92039, USA.
University of California, San Diego · USMoores Cancer Center

Funding

Bioprinting Plant Virus Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy and Relapse Prevention of Ovarian CancerR01CA253615 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, SHAOCHEN, FIERING, STEVEN · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
A theranostic approach for risk stratification and intervention of deep vein thrombosis.R01HL137674 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI STEINMETZ, NICOLE FRANZISKA · 2017 to 2020
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA253615NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease that leads to the development of fatty plaques in the arterial walls, ultimately increasing the risk of thrombosis, stroke, and myocardial infarction. The immune response in this complex disease is both atheroprotective and pro-atherogenic, involving both innate and adaptive immunity. Current treatments include the adjustment of lifestyle factors, cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins, and immunotherapy, whereas vaccine development has received comparatively little attention. In this review, we discuss the potential of antigen-specific vaccination as a preventative approach based on more than 20 years of research and innovation. Vaccination targets include proteins that are more abundant in atherosclerotic patients, such as oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), apolipoprotein B-100, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type-9 serine protease (PCSK9), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), and heat shock proteins HSP60 and HSP65. Immunization with such proteins or their peptide epitopes has been shown to induce T-cell activation, produce antigen-specific antibodies, reduce the size of atherosclerotic lesions, and/or reduce serum cholesterol levels. Vaccination against atherosclerosis therefore offers a new strategy to address the burden on healthcare systems caused by cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisNanotechnologyVaccines

Identifiers

PMID37860053
PMCPMC10586238
OpenAlexW4362471306

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