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Making innate sense of mRNA vaccine adjuvanticity

Authors :
Kobiyama, Kouji
Ishii, Ken J.
Source :
Nature Immunology; April 2022, Vol. 23 Issue: 4 p474-476, 3p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

mRNA vaccines such as those used to prevent COVID-19 owe part of their success to methylation that masks immunostimulatory properties of the mRNA, but the immunological mechanisms of adjuvanticity are unclear. Two new studies reveal distinct mechanisms for innate sensing of this hidden adjuvant.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15292908 and 15292916
Volume :
23
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Nature Immunology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs59320910
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01168-4