Methods and protocols for prediction of immunogenic epitopes

JC Tong, TW Tan, S Ranganathan - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
T-cell recognition of peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a prerequisite for
cellular immunity. Recently, there has been an influx of bioinformatics tools to facilitate the …

Prediction of MHC class II binding affinity using SMM-align, a novel stabilization matrix alignment method

M Nielsen, C Lundegaard, O Lund - BMC bioinformatics, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background Antigen presenting cells (APCs) sample the extra cellular space and
present peptides from here to T helper cells, which can be activated if the peptides are of …

Quantitative peptide binding motifs for 19 human and mouse MHC class I molecules derived using positional scanning combinatorial peptide libraries

J Sidney, E Assarsson, C Moore, S Ngo, C Pinilla… - Immunome …, 2008 - Springer
Background It has been previously shown that combinatorial peptide libraries are a useful
tool to characterize the binding specificity of class I MHC molecules. Compared to other …

CD4+ T Cell Epitope Discovery and Rational Vaccine Design

DS Rosa, SP Ribeiro, E Cunha-Neto - Archivum immunologiae et …, 2010 - Springer
T cell epitope-driven vaccine design employs bioinformatic algorithms to identify potential
targets of vaccines against infectious diseases or cancer. Potential epitopes can be …

A community resource benchmarking predictions of peptide binding to MHC-I molecules

B Peters, HH Bui, S Frankild, M Nielsen… - PLoS computational …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
Recognition of peptides bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules
by T lymphocytes is an essential part of immune surveillance. Each MHC allele has a …

Two MP2CL5 antigen vaccines from Naegleria fowleri stimulate the immune response against meningitis in the BALB/c model

M Gutiérrez-Sánchez, MM Carrasco-Yépez… - Infection and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Naegleria fowleri is an etiological agent that generates primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis; unfortunately, no effective treatment or vaccine is available. The …

Multiple T cell epitope peptides suppress allergic responses in an egg allergy mouse model by the elicitation of forkhead box transcription factor 3‐and transforming …

M Yang, C Yang, Y Mine - Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Peptide‐based immunotherapy (PIT) represents an attractive approach for
targeted interventions in immunological disorders, but has not been widely explored in the …

An immunoproteomic approach revealing peptides from Sporothrix brasiliensis that induce a cellular immune response in subcutaneous sporotrichosis

JRF de Almeida, GP Jannuzzi, GH Kaihami… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Sporothrix brasiliensis is the most virulent fungus of the Sporothrix complex and is the main
species recovered in the sporotrichosis zoonotic hyperendemic area in Rio de Janeiro. A …

Current research into novel therapeutic vaccines against cervical cancer

MN Cordeiro, RCP De Lima, F Paolini… - Expert Review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) are well-known
outcomes of a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Viral oncogenes expressions like E6 …

Vaccine design and vaccination strategies against rickettsiae

A Osterloh - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rickettsioses are febrile, potentially lethal infectious diseases that are a serious health
threat, especially in poor income countries. The causative agents are small obligate …