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ReviewNature aging2024

Targeting aging and age-related diseases with vaccines.

Ruochen Wu, Fei Sun, Weiqi Zhang, Jie Ren, Guang-Hui Liu

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Review in Nature aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Ruochen Wu *State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3379-8134
Fei Sun *Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Weiqi ZhangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zhangwq@big.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-5104
Jie RenUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. renjie@big.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6450-3163
Guang-Hui LiuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ghliu@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-8177
Beijing Institute of Genomics · CNCapital Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a major risk factor for numerous chronic diseases. Vaccination offers a promising strategy to combat these age-related diseases by targeting specific antigens and inducing immune responses. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in vaccine-based interventions targeting these diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, type II diabetes, hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysm, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, fibrosis and cancer, summarizing current approaches for identifying disease-associated antigens and inducing immune responses against these targets. Further, we reflect on the recent development of vaccines targeting senescent cells, as a strategy for more broadly targeting underlying causes of aging and associated pathologies. In addition to highlighting recent progress in these areas, we discuss important next steps to advance the therapeutic potential of these vaccines, including improving and robustly demonstrating efficacy in human clinical trials, as well as rigorously evaluating the safety and long-term effects of these vaccine strategies.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2NeoplasmsVaccinesAgingHumansVaccinationVaccines

Identifiers

PMID38622408
OpenAlexW4394812925

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.