The importance of the 2S albumins for allergenicity and cross-reactivity of peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds

SC Dreskin, SJ Koppelman, S Andorf… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds are among the most important food-
related causes of anaphylaxis. Important clinical questions include: Why is there a variable …

Regional and temporal coordinated mutation patterns in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein revealed by a clustering and network analysis

SS Negi, CH Schein, W Braun - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 has steadily mutated during its spread to> 300 million people throughout the
world. The WHO has designated strains with certain mutations,“variants of concern”(VOC) …

CrossDome: an interactive R package to predict cross-reactivity risk using immunopeptidomics databases

AF Fonseca, DA Antunes - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
T-cell-based immunotherapies hold tremendous potential in the fight against cancer, thanks
to their capacity to specifically targeting diseased cells. Nevertheless, this potential has been …

Still SDAPing along: 20 years of the structural database of allergenic proteins

CH Schein, SS Negi, W Braun - Frontiers in Allergy, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The introduction of plant extracts to mitigate the symptoms of “hay fever”, about a century
ago, led to discoveries beginning sixty years ago on determining the sequences and …

[HTML][HTML] The updated Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins (SDAP 2.0) provides 3D models for allergens and incorporated bioinformatics tools

SS Negi, CH Schein, W Braun - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Allergenic proteins can cause IgE-mediated adverse reactions in sensitized
individuals. Although the sequences of many allergenic proteins have been identified …

PCP consensus protein/peptide alphavirus antigens stimulate broad spectrum neutralizing antibodies

CH Schein, G Rafael, WS Baker, ES Anaya… - Peptides, 2022 - Elsevier
Vaccines based on proteins and peptides may be safer and if calculated based on many
sequences, more broad-spectrum than those designed based on single strains …

Identifying Similar Allergens and Potentially Cross-Reacting Areas Using Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins (SDAP) Tools and D-Graph

CH Schein - Food Allergens: Methods and Protocols, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins (SDAP) provides rapid search tools
to identify similarities among allergens, their IgE epitopes, and to determine the potential …

Displaying alphavirus physicochemical consensus antigens on immunogenic liposomes enhances antibody elicitation in mice

WC Huang, WS Baker, JF Lovell, CH Schein - Virology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cobalt-porphyrin phospholipid displays recombinant protein antigens on liposome surfaces
via antigen polyhistidine-tag (His-tag), and when combined with monophosphorylated lipid …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond mutations: Accounting for quantitative changes in the analysis of protein evolution

X Wu, SN Rai, GF Weber - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Molecular phylogenetic research has relied on the analysis of the coding sequences by
genes or of the amino acid sequences by the encoded proteins. Enumerating the numbers …

Producing physicochemical property consensus alphavirus protein antigens for broad spectrum vaccine design

WS Baker, S Negi, W Braun, CH Schein - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a pressing need for new vaccines against alphaviruses, which can cause fatal
encephalitis (Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) and others) and severe …