Emerging concepts and technologies in vaccine development

M Brisse, SM Vrba, N Kirk, Y Liang, H Ly - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite the success of vaccination to greatly mitigate or eliminate threat of diseases caused
by pathogens, there are still known diseases and emerging pathogens for which the …

Molecular dynamics, monte carlo simulations, and langevin dynamics: a computational review

E Paquet, HL Viktor - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular structures, such as neuraminidases, hemagglutinins, and monoclonal
antibodies, are not rigid entities. Rather, they are characterised by their flexibility, which is …

Computational Methods in Immunology and Vaccinology: Design and Development of Antibodies and Immunogens

F Guarra, G Colombo - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The design of new biomolecules able to harness immune mechanisms for the treatment of
diseases is a prime challenge for computational and simulative approaches. For instance, in …

Vaccine development: Current trends and technologies

R Poria, D Kala, R Nagraik, Y Dhir, S Dhir, B Singh… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the effectiveness of vaccination in reducing or eradicating diseases caused by
pathogens, there remain certain diseases and emerging infections for which developing …

Structural and computational biology in the design of immunogenic vaccine antigens

L Liljeroos, E Malito, I Ferlenghi… - Journal of immunology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccination is historically one of the most important medical interventions for the prevention
of infectious disease. Previously, vaccines were typically made of rather crude mixtures of …

Chemical perturbation of oncogenic protein folding: from the prediction of locally unstable structures to the design of disruptors of Hsp90–client interactions

A Paladino, MR Woodford, SJ Backe… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protein folding quality control in cells requires the activity of a class of proteins known as
molecular chaperones. Heat shock protein‐90 (Hsp90), a multidomain ATP driven molecular …

The answer lies in the energy: how simple atomistic molecular dynamics simulations may hold the key to epitope prediction on the fully glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 …

SA Serapian, F Marchetti, A Triveri… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 is a health threat with dire socioeconomical consequences. As the crucial
mediator of infection, the viral glycosylated spike protein (S) has attracted the most attention …

Peptides for immunological purposes: design, strategies and applications

A Gori, R Longhi, C Peri, G Colombo - Amino Acids, 2013 - Springer
The development of new vaccines remains an attractive goal for disease prevention and
therapy, in combination or alternative to drug-based treatment. In parallel, a growing …

Protein microarray technology: how far off is routine diagnostics?

M Cretich, F Damin, M Chiari - Analyst, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The nature of protein microarray platforms is favorable for multiplexing, leading to the
development of tools for personalised medicine and highly precise diagnostics. However, to …

Exploiting the Burkholderia pseudomallei acute phase antigen BPSL2765 for structure-based epitope discovery/design in structural vaccinology

LJ Gourlay, C Peri, M Ferrer-Navarro… - Chemistry & biology, 2013 - cell.com
We solved the crystal structure of Burkholderia pseudomallei acute phase antigen
BPSL2765 in the context of a structural vaccinology study, in the area of melioidosis vaccine …